"Increase" is the English word used for both noun and verb forms. As a noun, it means "an increase, growth, or enhancement." As a verb, it implies "to add to, to become larger, to raise, or to intensify."
"Rise" (noun) signifies an ascent or an increase, while as a verb, it refers to the motion of the sun, moon, or stars going up or the act of increasing. "Increase" (noun) denotes an addition to the size, number, or amount of something, and as a verb, it means to make or become greater.
Other terms for rising include "up," "rise," "increase," and "ascend." For descending, you can use "down," "sink," "decrease," and "descend." These translations are for reference only.
1. [升職] The term for career advancement in the workplace is "promotion." It refers to the process where an employee moves to a position that is more challenging, requires greater responsibility, and offers more authority than their previous role.
2. [升沉] "升沉" (shēng chén) means rise and fall, and it comes from the phrase in the work of Du Guangting from the Former Shu Dynasty, "Xingzhou Wang Chengxiu Tejin Wei Mu Xiu Huanglu Qi."
3. [升降] "升降" refers to the concepts of going up and down, advancing and retreating, or being promoted or demoted.
[喪生] "喪生" (sàng shēng) means to lose one's life, often used in the context of unnatural deaths such as disasters or accidents, and it typically refers to a tragic death.
[出生] "出生" (chū shēng) means the act of being born. In detail, it refers to the process of a fetus coming out of the mother's body. As described in Ke Yan's "The People Chasing the Sun," someone is intently focused, having witnessed birth and death, and being called by the patients.
[上升] "上升" (shàng shēng) means to move from a lower to a higher position, level, degree, or quantity; to rise. In its detailed explanation, it is the act of moving upwards.
[生] "生" (shēng) in ancient Chinese script represents plants growing out of the ground. It differentiates humans, who are born vertically, from animals, which are born horizontally. The character "生" is one of the radical components in Chinese characters, meaning growth or to bring forth.
[養(yǎng)生] "養(yǎng)生" (yǎng shēng) means to take care of one's health. In detail, it refers to the preservation of life or the maintenance of livelihood.
[醫(yī)生] "醫(yī)生" (yī shēng) refers to a person who practices medicine. In ancient times, those who studied medicine were called doctors. Today, it is a general term for someone who treats medical conditions.