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諂上欺下
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fawn on one' s superiors and bully one's subordinates; suck up to those above and bully those below Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:諂 cim2 - flatter; fawn上 soeng6 soeng5 - upper; superior; preceding; up; on 欺 hei1 - cheat; deceive; take advantage of 下 haa6 haa5 - under; lower; next; go down |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
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: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).