上下其手 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to raise and lower one's hand ; to signal as conspiratorial hint
• fig. conspiring to defraud

Character by character

• 上shàngabove, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; prev
• 下xiàbelow, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
• 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
• 手shǒuhand

Idioms sharing a character

• 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
• 承上起下 chéng shàng qǐ xià
• 拾级而上 shè jí ér shàng

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