紙上

纸上
zhǐshàng

on paper

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Examples

在你的紙上畫一條線。

Draw a line on your paper.

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莎米在那張紙上寫字。

Sami was writing on that sheet of paper.

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據報紙上說，他自殺了。

According to the newspaper, he committed suicide.

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汤姆在纸上画了一道直线。

Tom drew a straight line on the paper.

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她用铅笔在纸上画了一个圈。

She drew a circle on a piece of paper with a pencil.

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Entry Composition

1 紙 zhǐ classifier for documents, letters etc

classifiers: 張, 沓
=2 上 shǎng used in 上聲 shǎngshēng
=2 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

Containing this entry

紙上談兵 zhǐshàngtánbīng
  1. lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)
  2. fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice
  3. armchair strategist
  4. idle theorizing
  5. cf Zhao Kuo 趙括 Zhào Kuò leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰 Chángpíngzhī Zhàn in 260 BC
躍然紙上 yuèránzhǐshàng
  1. to appear vividly on paper (idiom); to show forth vividly (in writing, painting etc)
  2. to stand out markedly
紙上遊戲 zhǐshàngyóuxì