上游 shàng yóu upper reaches (of a river) / upper level / upper echelon / upstream syn 裼 xī to bare the upper body 袒裼 tǎn xī to bare the upper body 蚂蚁上树 螞蟻上樹 mǎ yǐ shàng shù "ants climbing a tree", a Sichuan dish made with cellophane noodles 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1] and ground meat (so called because the particles of meat clinging to the noodles look like ants on the twigs of a tree) / (sex position) man standing, woman clinging to his upper body / (erotic massage) full-body licking 打赤膊 dǎ chì bó to bare one's chest / bare-chested syn 体表 體表 tǐ biǎo surface of the body / periphery of the body / body thermometer / (literary) a person's appearance 防弹服 防彈服 ballistic body armour / full-body armour / body armour 上梁 上樑 shàng liáng to lay an upper beam / (a building's) upper beam / (a bicycle's) top tube 上议院 上議院 shàng yì yuàn Upper Chamber / Upper House / Senate 海洋上层 海洋上層 upper layer of the oceans / upper ocean 上身 shàng shēn upper part of the body syn 上半身 shàng bàn shēn the upper body syn 五花大绑 五花大綁 wǔ huā dà bǎng to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck / to truss up syn 趴 pā to lie on one's stomach / to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc) / (Tw) percent syn 胸胁 胸脅 xiōng xié chest and hypochondrium / upper part of the body 芭拉芭拉 bā lā bā lā para para, a Eurobeat dance originating in Japan, with synchronized upper body movements (loanword from Japanese) 上焦 shàng jiāo (TCM) upper burner, the part of the body within the thoracic cavity (above the diaphragm, including the heart and lungs) 星球 xīng qiú celestial body (e.g. planet, satellite etc) / heavenly body syn 下半身 xià bàn shēn lower half of one's body / Lower Body (Chinese poetry movement of the early 21st century) syn 天体 天體 tiān tǐ celestial body / nude body syn 身 shēn body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158 syn 润肤乳 潤膚乳 rùn fū rǔ body lotion / body shampoo 女体盛 女體盛 nǚ tǐ chéng nyotaimori or "body sushi", Japanese practice of serving sushi on the body of a naked woman 躔 chán (literary) animal tracks / the course of a celestial body / (of a celestial body) to follow its course 圣躬 聖躬 shèng gōng the Emperor's body / Holy body / the current reigning Emperor 圣体 聖體 shèng tǐ the Emperor's body / Jesus' body / communion wafer (in Christian mass) 全秘书处工作人员－管理当局联合机构 Secretariat-wide joint staff-management body / joint staff-management body 国际劳工组织理事会 國際勞工組織理事會 International Labour Organization Governing Body / ILO Governing Body 冬虫夏草 冬蟲夏草 dōng chóng - xià cǎo caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) (The fungus grows within the body of a caterpillar, culminating in the emergence of a stalked fruiting body from the caterpillar's head, and is a much-prized and expensive ingredient used as a tonic in traditional Chinese medicine.) 暴露 bào lù to expose / to reveal / to lay bare / also pr. [pu4 lu4] syn 赤裸 chì luǒ naked / bare syn 裸露 luǒ lù naked / bare / uncovered / exposed syn 光着 光著 guāng zhe bare / naked 张牙舞爪 張牙舞爪 zhāng yá wǔ zhǎo to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom) / to make threatening gestures syn 秃头 禿頭 tū tóu to bare one's head / to be bareheaded / to go bald / bald head / bald person 光秃秃 光禿禿 guāng tū tū bald / bare (no hair, no leaves, no vegetation etc) syn 徒手 tú shǒu with bare hands / unarmed / fighting hand-to-hand / freehand (drawing) 偏袒 piān tǎn to bare one shoulder / (fig.) to side with / to discriminate in favor of syn 点破 點破 diǎn pò to lay bare in a few words / to expose with a word / to point out bluntly syn 家徒四壁 jiā tú sì bì lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom) / fig. very poor / wretched syn 龇牙咧嘴 齜牙咧嘴 zī yá liě zuǐ to grimace (in pain) / to show one's teeth / to bare one's fangs syn 袒露 tǎn lù to expose / to bare syn 说破 說破 shuō pò to lay bare (actual facts, secrets etc) / to reveal 光脚 光腳 guāng jiǎo bare feet 暴露无遗 暴露無遺 bào lù wú yí to lay bare / to come to light syn 推心置腹 tuī xīn zhì fù to give one's bare heart into sb else's keeping (idiom) / sb has one's absolute confidence / to trust completely / to confide in sb with entire sincerity syn 赤膊 chì bó bare to the waist syn 袒胸 tǎn xiōng to bare the breast 赤膊上阵 赤膊上陣 chì bó shàng zhèn lit. to go into battle bare-breasted (idiom) / fig. to go all out / to come out in the open syn 长物 長物 cháng wù (literary) things other than the bare necessities of life / item of some value / Taiwan pr. [zhang4 wu4] syn 徒 tú disciple / apprentice / believer / on foot / bare / empty / to no avail / only / prison sentence syn 赤 chì red / scarlet / bare / naked syn 秃 禿 tū bald (lacking hair or feathers) / barren / bare / denuded / blunt (lacking a point) / (of a piece of writing) unsatisfactory / lacking something syn 龇 齜 zī projecting teeth / to bare one's teeth 襢 tǎn to bare 暴虎冯河 暴虎馮河 bào hǔ píng hé lit. fight tigers with one's bare hands and wade across raging rivers (idiom) / fig. to display foolhardy courage 蓬头跣足 蓬頭跣足 péng tóu xiǎn zú matted hair and bare feet / unkempt 赤裸裸 chì luǒ luǒ bare / naked / (fig.) plain / undisguised / unadorned syn 武松 wǔ sōng Wu Song, a heroic outlaw of Liangshan Marsh in the classic novel Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], whose exploits include killing a tiger with his bare hands 屼 wù bare hill 啀 嘊 ái to growl (of dog) / to bare fangs 呲牙咧嘴 zī yá liě zuǐ to grimace (in pain) / to show one's teeth / to bare one's fangs 打赤脚 打赤腳 dǎ chì jiǎo to bare the feet syn 攘臂 rǎng bì to bare one's arms (in agitation) syn 枕心 zhěn xīn bare pillow (i.e. the pillow without pillow-case) 濯濯 zhuó zhuó bare and bald (of mountains) / bright and brilliant / fat and sleek syn 膝袒 xī tǎn to walk on one's knees and bare one's breast (a gesture of deepest apology) 袒免 tǎn miǎn to bare one's left arm and take off one's cap as an expression of sorrow 袒膊 tǎn bó to strip to the waist / to be bare to the waist 裸地 luǒ dì bare ground 裸岩 luǒ yán bare rock 裸袒 luǒ tǎn naked / bare 赤手 chì shǒu with bare hands 点穿 點穿 diǎn chuān to lay bare in a few words / to expose with a word 裸冰 luǒ bīng bare ice 捋臂揎拳 luō bì xuān quán lit. to push up one's sleeves and bare one's fists / to be eager to get started 四壁萧然 四壁蕭然 sì bì xiāo rán four bare walls 别无长物 別無長物 bié wú cháng wù to possess nothing except bare necessities / to live a poor or frugal life syn 身无长物 身無長物 shēn wú cháng wù to possess nothing except bare necessities / to live a poor or frugal life syn 裸脚 裸腳 luǒ jiǎo bare foot / to be barefoot 裸足 luǒ zú bare foot / to be barefoot 赤手空拳 chì shǒu - kōng quán (idiom) with one's bare hands (unarmed – also figuratively: without assistance) syn 上方 shàng fāng place above (it) / upper part (of it) syn 高位 gāo wèi high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc syn 上衣 shàng yī jacket / upper outer garment / CL:件[jian4] syn 上限 shàng xiàn upper bound 限额 限額 xiàn é quota / limit (upper or lower) / to set a quota / to set a limit 上层 上層 shàng céng upper layer 上部 shàng bù upper section 华西 華西 huá xī West China (region in the upper reaches of Yangtze River and Sichuan Province) 上流 shàng liú upper class syn 马背 馬背 mǎ bèi horse's back / (traditional Chinese architecture) roof with a low-slung curved ridgelines and geometric shapes on the upper gable walls at the ends of the roof ridges 三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force syn 上 shàng (bound form) up / upper / above / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on / above syn 至多 zhì duō up to the maximum / upper limit / at most syn 参议院 參議院 cān yì yuàn senate / upper chamber (of legislative assembly) 上装 上裝 shàng zhuāng upper garment syn 契丹 qì dān Qidan or Khitan, ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu people inhabiting the valley of the Xar Murun River in the upper reaches of the Liao River 遼河|辽河[Liao2 He2] 上流社会 上流社會 shàng liú shè huì upper class / high society 