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高低

gāodī

“Height” in Chinese is 高低 (gāodī).

Meaning

  • height; level; (music) pitch
  • relative superiority
  • propriety; discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低[bu4 zhi1 gao1 di1])
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  • no matter what; just; simply (will not ..., must ... etc)
  • at long last

Example

生活中有高低起伏。

In life there are ups and downs.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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