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shēng ㄕㄥ (1.1): 容量單位，一斗的十分之一。 Unit of volume equivalent to one tenth of one dou.
| 《·》: | 子墨子游荊耕柱子於楚，二三子過之，食之三升，客之不厚。 | | Mozi had recommended Geng Zhuzi to Chu. Some (other) pupils visited him. They were given only three sheng (of grain) each meal and were not generously entertained. | | 《·》: | 君豈有斗升之水而活我哉？ | | Have you, Sir, a gallon or a pint of water to keep me alive? |
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shēng ㄕㄥ (1.2): 量酒單位。 Unit of measurement of alcohol.
| 《·》: | 傷甚者令歸治病家善養，予醫給藥，賜酒日二升、肉二斤，令吏數行閭，視病有瘳，輒造事上。 |
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shēng ㄕㄥ (2): 古代布八十縷為一升。 Unit of fabric equivalent to 80 lu.
| 《·》: | 朝服十五升，去其半而緦。 | | Court robes were made with fifteen skeins (1200 threads) in the warp. Half that number made the coarse cloth for the shortest mourning. | | 《·》: | 嬰也聞為人臣，進不事上以為忠，退不克下以為廉，八升之布，一豆之食，足矣。 | | 《·》: | 自是子服之妾衣不過七升之布，馬餼不過稂莠。 | | 《》: | 晏子相齊，衣十升之布，脫粟之食，五卯、苔菜而已。 |
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shēng ㄕㄥ (3): 登上，上升。 Ascend, go up.
| 《·》: | 揖讓而升，下而飲，其爭也君子。 | | But he bows complaisantly to his competitors; thus he ascends the hall, descends, and exacts the forfeit of drinking. In his contention, he is still the Junzi. |
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shēng ㄕㄥ (4): 成熟。 Mature, ripe.
| 《》: | 舊穀既沒，新穀既升，鉆燧改火，期可已矣。 | | 《·》: | 一穀不升謂之䭑，二穀不升謂之飢，三穀不升謂之饉，四穀不升謂之荒，五穀不升謂之大侵 | | 《·》: | 水旱臻焉，霜雪大滿，甘露不降，百草𣩙黃，五穀不升，民多夭疾，六畜𩜘胔，此太上之不論不議也。 | | 《》: | 五穀不升為大饑。 |
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shēng ㄕㄥ (5): 進奉，進獻。 Offer as tribute.
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