Home
CantoDict HomeCantoDict Settings

Remove Adverts and gain lots of extra features
What is this page showing me?

諂上欺下
  cim2 soeng6 hei1 haa6   jyutping
  chan3 shang4 qi1 xia4   pinyin
fawn on one' s superiors and bully one's subordinates; suck up to those above and bully those below

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
諂上欺下 / 谄上欺下

This word has been viewed 2130 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 13th Aug 2010 21:18
Output this word as a high resolution image
Add to vocab list:

Sponsors: One-on-One Online Chinese Tutoring | Chinese Language | Learn Spanish
Learn Chinese | Learn Chinese in China | Learn Mandarin in China | Chinese School | Cantonese lessons in London

Characters in this word:

 cim2  -  flatter; fawn
 soeng6 soeng5  -  upper; superior; preceding; up; on
 hei1  -  cheat; deceive; take advantage of
 haa6 haa5  -  under; lower; next; go down
This page shows, from top to bottom:
Script executed in 0.058794 secs
Rows returned from database=5
Donate to CantoDict
CantoDict v1.4.2 is a collaborative Chinese Dictionary project started in November 2003. Entries are added and mistakes corrected by a team of kind volunteers from around the world.
Copyright Adam Sheik 2003-2026.