gāo​pān​bù​shàng

to be unworthy to associate with

  1. social climbing
    to associate with or claim a relationship with people of higher social status; often used in the context of marriage or friendship
  2. bu particle
    [potential]
    Used between a verb and its result to show that the action cannot achieve that result; used as the negative form of the de potential construction
  3. shàng particleverb
    to go up
    to climb; to board a vehicle; to mount; to go to a place