高低不就 — Chinese idiom
高低不就
gāo dī bù jiù
Meaning
- can't reach the high or accept the low ; not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one
Character by character
- 高gāotall, lofty; high, elevated
- 低dīlow; to lower, to hang; to bend, to bow
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 就jiùjust, simply; to go to; to approach, near
Idioms sharing a character
- 一见高低 yī jiàn gāo dī
- 不识高低 bù shí gāo dī
- 债台高筑 zhài tái gāo zhù
- 功高不赏 gōng gāo bù shǎng
- 功高望重 gōng gāo wàng zhòng
- 功高盖主 gōng gāo gài zhǔ
- 另请高明 lìng qǐng gāo míng
- 另谋高就 lìng móu gāo jiù
- 好高骛远 hào gāo wù yuǎn
- 居高临下 jū gāo lín xià
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