上书 (shàng shū) — to submit a written petition or proposal (to a superior or authority)
Definition
上书 (shàng shū) means to formally submit a written petition or proposal to a superior authority — a fairly formal/literary verb. In modern Chinese it survives mostly in historical writing about presenting memorials to an emperor or court.
verb
to submit a written petition or proposal (to a superior or authority)
Examples
- 上书，。Tā jué dìng shàng shū gěi huáng dì, tí chū gǎi gé yì jiàn.He decided to submit a petition to the emperor, proposing reforms.
- 。Tā céng jīng gěi cháo tíng shàng guò yí cì shū.He once submitted a petition to the imperial court.
- 上书，。Jū mín xiàng shì zhǎng shàng shū, yāo qiú gǎi shàn shè qū huán jìng.Residents submitted a written request to the mayor, asking to improve the community environment.
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