高抬贵手 — Chinese idiom
高抬贵手
gāo tái guì shǒu
Traditional: 高抬貴手
Meaning
- to be generous
- to be magnanimous
- Give me a break!
Character by character
- 高gāotall, lofty; high, elevated
- 抬táito carry, to lift, to raise
- 贵guìexpensive, costly; valuable, precious
- 手shǒuhand
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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