Meanings
- top and bottomThe upper and lower sides.
- superiors and inferiorsSeniors and juniors.
- the upper and lower classes; high and lowThe noble and the mean.
- high quality and low qualityGood quality and poor quality.
- increase and decreaseRise and fall.
- the first and second volumesThe first and second volumes of a book of two volumes.
Written Forms
상하Hangul
上下Hanja
Examples from Lessons (2)
In dramas, company life is always depicted as having very strict hierarchical relationships, after all.
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Even looking at older dramas, it was standard to use formal honorifics until the very end when the hierarchy was clear.
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