扒高踩低 — Chinese idiom
扒高踩低
pá gāo cǎi dī
Meaning
- crawl high, step low ; unprincipled crawling, flattering one's superiors and trampling on one's juniors
- toadying and bullying
Character by character
- 扒páto scratch, to dig up; to crouch, to crawl
- 高gāotall, lofty; high, elevated
- 踩cǎito step on; to stamp
- 低dīlow; to lower, to hang; to bend, to bow
Idioms sharing a character
- 吃里扒外 chī lǐ pá wài
- 揪心扒肝 jiū xīn bā gān
- 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
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