mán shàng qī xià

Traditional: 瞞上欺下

瞒上欺下 (mán shàng qī xià) is a Chinese word meaning “to deceive one's superiors and bully one's subordinates (idiom)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to deceive one's superiors and bully one's subordinates (idiom)

Characters in 瞒上欺下

瞒mán · to conceal from上shǎng · used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]欺qī · to take unfair advantage of下xià · down

Related words

上used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]上(bound form) up; upper; above; previous下down一下(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try)上帝God下来to come down马上at once晚上evening下去to go down身上on the body看上去it would appear事实上in fact

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