巴高望上 — Chinese idiom
巴高望上
bā gāo wàng shàng
Meaning
- to wish for higher status ; to curry favor in the hope of promotion
Character by character
- 巴bāto desire, to wish for
- 高gāotall, lofty; high, elevated
- 望wàngto expect, to hope, to look forward to
- 上shàngabove, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; prev
Idioms sharing a character
- 巴三览四 bā sān lǎn sì
- 巴前算后 bā qián suàn hòu
- 巴山夜雨 Bā shān yè yǔ
- 巴山蜀水 Bā shān Shǔ shuǐ
- 巴头探脑 bā tóu tàn nǎo
- 狐狸尾巴 hú li wěi ba
- 百般巴结 bǎi bān bā jié
- 一见高低 yī jiàn gāo dī
- 不识高低 bù shí gāo dī
- 债台高筑 zhài tái gāo zhù
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