上soeng5位wai2

English

1. seat of honor
2. to move up the corporate ladder; to be regarded highly; figuratively: to be made famous or to have drawn wide attention
3. person in a high-ranking position
4. to be promoted to a more senior role
5. (genetics) epistatic

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 爬上高位，得到器重；引申指做咗啲事引起廣泛關注，或者俾人捧紅

Examples

• 佢入咗呢間公司之後，即刻勁快上位。

  Once he entered the company, he moved rapidly up the corporate ladder.

• 你上咗位之後唔好唔識人呀，要飲水思源。

  If you become famous one day, don't act like you don't know everybody anymore. Be grateful for everything you've been given.

• 佢用兩年時間就可以坐正做女主角，上位上得真係快。

  Just two years after her debut, she has managed to become the leading actress in a film. She made it big fast.