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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

上风 [shàngfēng]
  1. 1. noun [指风] windward
  2. 2. noun [有利地位] advantage
    上风
    get the upper hand

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

上风 [shàngfēng]
  1. 1. windward
    咱们到烟的上风头去吧。
    Let's get to windward of the smoke. or Let's go upwind of the smoke.
  2. 2. advantage; superior position; upper hand
    上风
    get the upper hand; win an advantage; prevail

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

上风 [shàngfēng]
  1. 1. 风吹过来的那个方向
    扬场(chánɡ)时,必须站在上风
  2. 2. 比喻作战或比赛时所处的有利形势
    上半场我队略占上风

Examples

我队下半场占了上风
Our team gained the upper hand in the second half of the game.
客队占了上风
My curiosity got the better of me.
我的好奇心占了上风
to turn the tables on sb
转而占了某人的上风
The weather gauge refers to the advantageous position of a fighting sailing vessel.
上风位置指帆船比赛时某一方的领先位置。
If we're upwind of the wolves they may smell us.
如果我们处于狼的上风位置,它们就能闻到我们的气味。
In the end, the point of view which I urged prevailed.
最后,我竭力主张的观点占了上风
Researchers were getting a beat on the common cold.
研究者在与感冒的对抗中占了上风
The heckler made a score off the referee.
辩论中,这个展开激烈质问的人在裁判方面占了上风

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