上下五千年 |
Shàng xià Wǔ Qiān nián |
Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹余章 |
上 |
shǎng |
used in 上声 |
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 |
上下 |
shàng xià |
up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about; more or less |
下 |
xià |
down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action |
五 |
wǔ |
five / 5 |
千 |
qiān |
thousand |
千 |
qiān |
used in 秋千 |
千年 |
qiān nián |
millennium |
年 |
Nián |
surname Nian |
年 |
nián |
year / CL:个 |
年 |
nián |
grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年 |