shàng xià
up and down
top and bottom
old and new
length
about
bù xiāng shàng xià
equally matched
about the same
shàng xià wǔ qiān nián
popular history of China in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹余章
hún shēn shàng xià
all over
from head to toe
shàng xià qí shǒu
to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
fig. conspiring to defraud
tiān shàng xià dāo zi
lit. knives rain down from the sky (idiom)
fig. (even if) the sky crumbles
jǔ guó shàng xià
the entire nation
the whole country, from the leadership to the rank and file