상하

sangha · [상하]

top and bottom · superiors and inferiors · the upper and lower classes · high and low

nounIntermediate

Meanings

  1. top and bottomThe upper and lower sides.
  2. superiors and inferiorsSeniors and juniors.
  3. the upper and lower classes; high and lowThe noble and the mean.
  4. high quality and low qualityGood quality and poor quality.
  5. increase and decreaseRise and fall.
  6. 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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예전 드라마들을 보더라도 상하 관계가 분명할 때는 끝까지 극존칭을 쓰는 게 보통이었어.

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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Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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