as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do[cedict]
because of; for; to[cedict]
上等
shàng děngㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄥˇ
highest quality; top-notch[cedict]
人
rénㄖㄣˊ
man; person; people[cedict]
是
shìㄕˋ
is; are; am; yes; to be[cedict]
因为
yīn wèiㄧㄣ ㄨㄟˋ
because; owing to; on account of[cedict]
他们
tā menㄊㄚ ㄇㄣ˙
they[cedict]
上
shàngㄕㄤˋ
on; on top; upon; first (of two parts); previous or last (week etc); upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; above; to go up; to attend (class or university); third tone of putonghua[cedict]