上山

shàngshān
  1. to climb a hill
  2. to go to the mountains
  3. (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons)
  4. to pass away
  5. (of the sun or moon) to rise

CEDICT

  1. (Muping Mandarin) to go to the fields and work
  2. (Sichuanese, Shanghainese) to be imprisoned
  3. (Wenzhounese) the southwestern part of Wenzhou (including areas such as Wencheng and Taishun)
  4. (dialectal, euphemistic) to die and be buried
  5. (dialectal, of silkworms) to be placed on small straw bundles to spin cocoons
  6. (of the sun or moon) to rise
  7. (～市) Kaminoyama (a city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan)
  8. Kaminoyama (a city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan)
  9. the southwestern part of Wenzhou (including areas such as Wencheng and Taishun)
  10. to be imprisoned
  11. to be placed on small straw bundles to spin cocoons
  12. to climb a mountain or a hill
  13. to die and be buried
  14. to go to the fields and work
  15. to rise

Wiktionary

  1. 到山上去。
  2. 蚕发育到成熟的后期，停止吃东西，将其移至簇上，使之吐丝作茧，称为「上山」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

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 山 shān (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on

classifier: 座

Containing this entry

上山下乡 shàngshānxiàxiāng
  1. to work in the fields (esp. young school-leavers)
  2. forced agricultural experience for city intellectuals
滚石上山 gǔnshíshàngshān
  1. lit. to roll a boulder up a hill (like Sisyphus) (idiom)
  2. fig. to engage in a highly challenging task with perseverance and determination
上山下乡 Shàngshānxiàxiāng
上山容易下山难 shàngshānróngyìxiàshānnán

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