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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
七上八下
at sixes and sevens
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
at sixes and sevens
02
perturbed state of mind
03
in a mess
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 七上八下 actually appears in real sentences.
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COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 七上八下.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 七上八下.
Directly before
- 心七上八下1
- 一直七上八下1
Directly after
- 七上八下的1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 七上八下
What does 七上八下 mean in Chinese?
七上八下 (qīshàngbāxià) means at sixes and sevens.
How do you pronounce 七上八下?
七上八下 is pronounced qīshàngbāxià.
Is 七上八下 an HSK word?
七上八下 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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