瞒上欺下 — Chinese idiom
瞒上欺下
mán shàng qī xià
Traditional: 瞞上欺下
Meaning
- to deceive one's superiors and bully one's subordinates
Character by character
- 瞒mánto deceive, to lie; to regard with suspicion
- 上shàngabove, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; prev
- 欺qīto cheat, to double-cross, to deceive
- 下xiàbelow, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
Idioms sharing a character
- 瞒天过海 mán tiān guò hǎi
- 上下其手 shàng xià qí shǒu
- 上天入地 shàng tiān rù dì
- 上当受骗 shàng dàng shòu piàn
- 上行下效 shàng xíng xià xiào
- 力争上游 lì zhēng shàng yóu
- 巴高望上 bā gāo wàng shàng
- 引鬼上门 yǐn guǐ shàng mén
- 后来居上 hòu lái jū shàng
- 成千上万 chéng qiān shàng wàn
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