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Etymology 1

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to ascend; to climb
bank; shore; beach
bank; shore; beach; coast
 
simp. and trad.
(上岸)

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Verb

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上⫽岸 (verb-object)

  1. to go ashore; to climb ashore
  2. (figuratively) to make it, to land (to/in the civil service, graduate school, a new country, etc.)
  3. (figuratively, slang) to leave the pornography or sex work industry and start one's life afresh
  4. (Loudi Xiang, chiefly Buddhism) to pass away
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  • (antonym(s) of to leave the pornography or sex work industry): 下海 (xiàhǎi)

Etymology 2

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above; upper
bank; shore; beach
bank; shore; beach; coast
 
simp. and trad.
(上岸)

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Noun

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上岸

  1. (Eastern Min) palate; upper jaw; maxilla (of vertebrates)
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