上操 (shǎng) — to go out for drill, to do military exercises

Definition

Military/colloquial term meaning 'to do drill or physical training' (literally 'go up + drill'). Common in armed-forces and school-PT contexts; the standalone noun 操 alone is the general word for exercise/drill.

verb

to go out for drillto do military exercises

Examples

上操。
Míng tiān zǎo shàng liù diǎn shǎng.
Tomorrow morning at six we drill.
。
Zhè ge yuè wǒ men zhī shàng guò yí cì cāo.
This month we only did drills once.
。
Xīn bīng měi tiān dōu yào shàng cāo.
New recruits have to drill every day.

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