上行下效
shàng​xíng​xià​xiào

as those above act, so those below follow

  • created sense approved 上行下效 · shàng​xíng​xià​xiào · as those above act, so those below follow — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    上行下效

    shàng​xíng​xià​xiào

    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

    上行下傚

    上 (literal) → 上 · shàng · upper 行 (literal) → 行 · xíng · to do 下 (literal) → 下 · xià · inferior 效 (literal) → 效 · xiào · to imitate

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense