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马上

mǎ shàng

HSK 1 · word 223 of 3,000

Meaning

• at once
• right away
• immediately

Example sentence

Characters in 马上

• 马 mǎ horse
• 上 shàng (bound form) up; upper; above; previous

马 horse plus 上 on. Being on the horse meant being about to depart, and the phrase now means at once.

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