上 游

shàngyóu

Meaning

upper reaches (of a river)
upper level
upper echelon

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upstream

Example

河的上游很美。

The upper reaches of the river are very beautiful.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

shàngHSK 13 strokesup; upper; above; previous yóuHSK 212 strokesto swim

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