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  *升* | 升* | *升
to ascend; to rise / to promote; to elevate / liter / unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou )
HSK 3
to rise / to go up / to ascend
HSK 3
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  *昇* | 昇* | *昇
to ascend; to rise (variant of ) / to promote; to elevate (variant of )
HSK 3
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  *陞* | 陞* | *陞
to ascend; to rise (variant of ) / to promote; to elevate (variant of )
HSK 3
milliliter
HSK 4
to raise / to ascend
HSK 5
to go up by one grade; to be promoted / to escalate (in intensity) / (computing) to upgrade
HSK 6
to enter the next grade school
HSK 6
to promote (to a higher-ranking position) / to lift; to hoist / (fig.) to elevate; to raise; to improve
HSK 6
helicopter / CL:
HSK 6
to rise in value / to appreciate
HSK 6
to promote to a higher position
HSK 7-9
to rise rapidly / to soar
HSK 7-9
to rise again after a fall / to pick up / rally (stock market etc)
HSK 7-9
to clamber up / (of prices etc) to rise
HSK 7-9
to become hot / temperature rise / (fig.) to intensify / to hot up / to escalate / to get a boost
HSK 7-9
lit. to ascend to heaven / to die
promotion / upgrade
liter
to raise a flag / to hoist a flag
rising and falling
to rise to the sky / to lift off / to levitate / liftoff
to advance to a higher-level position; to be promoted to a higher position in a new department
aerial work platform (e.g. cherry picker or scissor lift) / lift / elevator
to leap to (a higher position etc) / to jump / (of a plane) to ascend
to rise / to ascend / to leap up
(idiom) poor people; those who live from hand to mouth
to ascend progressively
peaceful
deciliter
rising (sun, moon etc)
to be promoted and gain wealth (idiom)
lit. (when a person attains enlightenment and immortality), even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. (when somebody attains a position of power and influence), their relatives and friends also benefit / (2nd half of the saying 一人得道雞犬升天|一人得道鸡犬升天)
lit. to celebrate peace with songs and dance (idiom) / fig. to make a show of happiness and prosperity
(music) sharp (♯)
to promote to a higher post / (linguistics) rising intonation / (Chinese linguistics) rising tone
to get promoted
ascending colon (anatomy) / first section of large intestine
(idiom) the whole world is at peace
to be promoted to
liter and decaliter dry measure / (fig.) meager quantity of foodstuff
to pass away (of an emperor)
to climb step by step / to rise steadily / on the up and up
to promote (sb) / to upgrade / to ascend
to rise / to ascend / to climb (airplane etc) / to go up (sales figures etc) / to gain promotion
lit. to reach the main room and enter the chamber (idiom) / fig. to gradually attain proficiency / to attain a higher level
exaltation
extent of an increase / percentage rise
(idiom) to kick sb upstairs
ascending order
to rise rapidly / to shoot up
to ascend slowly
to raise interest rates
to rise rapidly / to shoot up
to fly upwards / (fig.) to rise; to increase / (Daoism) to ascend to heaven; to achieve immortality
to get a promotion
lit. when a person attains enlightenment and immortality, even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. when somebody attains a position of power and influence, their relatives and friends also benefit
progression from elementary school to junior high (abbr. for 小學生升入初中生|小学生升入初中生)
to raise / to hoist / to rise
vasopressor agent / antihypotensive agent (medicine)
to boost the pressure (of a fluid) / to boost (or step up) the voltage
to cause (prices etc) to rise
to promote
to adjust upward / to upgrade / (price) hike
(sports, esp. soccer) newly promoted team (one that has advanced from a lower league to a higher league)
to sublimate / sublimation (physics) / to raise to a higher level / to refine / promotion
Ascension Day (Christian festival forty days after Easter)
Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Christian festival on 15th August)
centiliter
an upturn / an upward trend
to get promoted (at work etc) / promotion
microliter / to increase slightly
upside / potential to rise
global warming
(of an employee) to be promoted to (a higher rank) / (of a student) to enter (a higher grade at school)
to progress to (a higher-level school)
rising prices / bull market
flag raising ceremony
mercuric chloride (HgCl)
to get a flight upgrade
helipad
Mao Yisheng (1896-1989), Chinese structural engineer and social activist
lit. the golden bird of the sun sets in the west, the jade hare of the moon rises in the east / fig. at sunset


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