上人

shàngrén
  1. (chiefly Northeastern Mandarin, of restaurants, theatres, etc.) to have customers come in continuously
  2. (honorific) monk
  3. (literary) master; leader; monarch
  4. (literary) someone who is virtuous and wise
  5. (literary) to transcend someone
  6. master; leader; monarch
  7. monk
  8. someone who is virtuous and wise
  9. to have customers come in continuously
  10. to transcend someone

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 上 shǎng used in 上聲 shǎngshēng
=1 上 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
2 人 rén person; people

classifiers: 個, 位

Containing this entry

吃得苦中苦，方為人上人 chīdékǔzhōngkǔ,fāngwéirénshàngrén
  1. one cannot achieve glory and wealth without having been through trials and tribulations (proverb)
  2. no pain, no gain
項上人頭 xiàngshàngréntóu
  1. head
  2. neck (as in "to save one's neck", i.e. one's life)
人上人 rénshàngrén