上行下效 shàngxíngxiàxiào as those above act, so those below follow Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 上行下效 shàngxíngxiàxiào variant 上行下傚 as those above act, so those below follow As superiors or elders do, subordinates or juniors will follow suit; now often used in a negative sense to describe how bad behavior is imitated by others Frequency Written text 0.176 per million Cross-References Referenced by 言传身教 yánchuánshēnjiàoSynonym 邹缨齐紫 zōuyīngqízǐ Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
上行下效 shàngxíngxiàxiào variant 上行下傚 as those above act, so those below follow As superiors or elders do, subordinates or juniors will follow suit; now often used in a negative sense to describe how bad behavior is imitated by others Frequency Written text 0.176 per million Cross-References Referenced by 言传身教 yánchuánshēnjiàoSynonym 邹缨齐紫 zōuyīngqízǐ Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
