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谄上欺下
chǎn​shàng​qī​xià

to fawn on superiors and bully subordinates

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
谄上欺下 諂上欺下 chǎn​shàng​qī​xià
to fawn on superiors and bully subordinates
To curry favor with those in power while treating those below with arrogance or cruelty

Frequency

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0.002 per million

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Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)