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 不过 不過 bù guò only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival) syn 以前 yǐ qián before / formerly / previous / ago syn 往 wàng to go (in a direction) / to / towards / (of a train) bound for / past / previous syn 切 qiè definitely / absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right. / Tut! / to grind / (bound form) close to / (bound form) eager / to correspond to / (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters) syn 以来 以來 yǐ lái since (a previous event) syn 则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but / then / (bound form) standard / norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate / to follow / classifier for written items syn 楼上 樓上 lóu shàng upstairs / (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread 前科 qián kē criminal record / previous convictions 上星期 shàng xīng qī last week / previous week 上天 shàng tiān Heaven / Providence / God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die / to pass away / the previous day (or days) syn 换班 換班 huàn bān to change shift / the next work shift / to relieve (a workman on the previous shift) / to take over the job 上任 shàng rèn to take office / previous (incumbent) / predecessor syn 过往 過往 guò wǎng to come and go / to have friendly relations with / in the past / previous syn 原状 原狀 yuán zhuàng previous condition / original state syn 前功尽弃 前功盡棄 qián gōng jìn qì to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom) / all that has been achieved goes down the drain syn 前世 qián shì previous generations / previous incarnation (Buddhism) syn 前段 qián duàn front part (of an object) / first part (of an event) / previous paragraph 往年 wǎng nián in former years / in previous years syn 原处 原處 yuán chù original spot / previous place / where it was before 接班 jiē bān to take over (from those working the previous shift) / to take over (in a leadership role etc) / to succeed sb syn 改口 gǎi kǒu to change one's tune / to modify one's previous remark / to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5]) syn 隔夜 gé yè overnight / of the previous day 在先 zài xiān to come first / previous / prior / beforehand / first / formerly syn 老一辈 老一輩 lǎo yī bèi previous generation / older generation syn 前身 qián shēn forerunner / predecessor / precursor / previous incarnation (Buddhism) / jacket front syn 前生 qián shēng previous life / previous incarnation syn 历届 歷屆 lì jiè all previous (meetings, sessions etc) syn 造孽 zào niè to do evil / to commit sins syn 前朝 qián cháo the previous dynasty 同比 tóng bǐ (statistics) compared with the same period of the previous year / year on year / year over year syn 过去 過去 guò qù (in the) past / former / previous / to go over / to pass by syn 上一个 上一個 shàng yī ge previous one 前几天 前幾天 qián jǐ tiān a few days ago / a few days before / the past few days / the previous few days 上个 上個 shàng ge first (of two parts) / last (week etc) / previous / the above 上页 上頁 shàng yè previous page 直通车 直通車 zhí tōng chē "through train" (refers to the idea of retaining previous legislature after transition to Chinese rule in Hong Kong or Macao) 昔年 xī nián former years / previous years syn 长江后浪推前浪 長江後浪推前浪 cháng jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom) / fig. the new is constantly replacing the old / each new generation excels the previous / (of things) to be constantly evolving 红盘 紅盤 hóng pán (of a stock price or market index) currently higher than at the previous day's close 守业 守業 shǒu yè to preserve one's heritage / to defend the accomplishments of previous generations / to carry on the good work / to keep one's business going 遗老 遺老 yí lǎo old fogy / adherent of previous dynasty syn 上回 shàng huí last time / the previous time 洗雪 xǐ xuě to erase / to wipe out (a previous humiliation etc) syn 忏 懺 chàn (bound form) to feel remorse / (bound form) scripture read to atone for sb's sins (from Sanskrit "ksama") 恍如隔世 huǎng rú gé shì like a thing of the previous generation / as if it were a lifetime ago 阿拉木图 阿拉木圖 ā lā mù tú Almaty, previous capital of Kazakhstan 迷魂汤 迷魂湯 mí hún tāng potion given to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life (aka 孟婆湯|孟婆汤[meng4po2tang1]) / magic potion / (fig.) bewitching words or actions syn 上代 shàng dài previous generation syn 亲代 親代 qīn dài parent's generation / previous generation 折节读书 折節讀書 zhé jié dú shū to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom) 拜忏 拜懺 bài chàn to hold a daytime Buddhist mass / (of a monk or nun) to read scripture to atone for sb's sins 前车主 前車主 qián chē zhǔ previous owner (of a car for sale) 守成 shǒu chéng to preserve the accomplishments of previous generations / to carry on the good work of one's predecessors 拖油瓶 tuō yóu píng (derog.) (of a woman) to bring one's children into a second marriage / children by a previous marriage 历史版本 歷史版本 lì shǐ bǎn běn historical version / a previous version (of an app, document etc) 乌苏里斯克 烏蘇里斯克 wū sū lǐ sī kè Ussuriisk city in Russian Pacific Primorsky region / previous names include 雙城子|双城子[Shuang1 cheng2 zi5] and Voroshilov 伏羅希洛夫|伏罗希洛夫 头回 頭回 tóu huí for the first time / on the previous occasion / last time (something occurred) 以往建议执行滞后情况 ageing of previous recommendations 无治疗史 無治療史 wú zhì liáo shǐ no history of previous treatment 一箭之仇 yī jiàn zhī chóu a wrong suffered (idiom) / old grievance / previous defeat 头晚 頭晚 tóu wǎn previous night 绿盘 綠盤 lǜ pán (of a stock price or market index) currently lower than at the previous day's close 冰释前嫌 冰釋前嫌 bīng shì qián xián to forget previous differences / to bury the hatchet 夙世 sù shì previous life 宿世 sù shì previous life 真题 真題 zhēn tí questions from previous years' exams 考古题 考古題 kǎo gǔ tí questions from previous years' exams (Tw) 上期 shàng qī previous period (week, month or quarter etc) 回过头来 回過頭來 huí guò tóu lái to turn one's head / to turn around / (fig.) to return (to a previous point) / to come back (to what one was saying before) / (fig.) to look back (in time) / to reflect on the past 接龙 接龍 jiē lóng to build up a sequence / a succession of things, each linked to the previous one 孟婆 mèng pó (Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess who gives a potion to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life / (Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess of the wind 孟婆汤 孟婆湯 mèng pó tāng potion given to souls by the goddess Meng Po 孟婆[Meng4po2] before they are reincarnated that makes them forget their previous existence 冰释前嫌 冰釋前嫌 bīng shì - qián xián (idiom) to forget previous differences / to bury the hatchet 低开 低開 dī kāi (finance) (of the price of a security etc) to open lower than the previous closing price 前司 qián sī (coll.) previous company one worked at 