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upper floors

NounSino-Korean: 高層

  1. 1

    upper floors

    The upper floors of a multi-story building, etc.

    Korean definition: 여러 층으로 된 것의 위쪽에 있는 층.

    • In the downtown area, high-rise buildings stand in rows.

    • Because the apartment elevator broke down, people living on the upper floors had to climb up and down many stairs.

  2. 2

    being a high-rise

    A state in which a building consists of a great number of floors.

    Korean definition: 건물의 층수가 많은 것.

    • There are no high-rise buildings in my neighborhood, only low buildings.

    • High-rise buildings had sprung up chaotically in the city center.