欺下瞒上
qī​xià​mán​shàng

to deceive superiors and bully subordinates

  • created sense approved 欺下瞒上/欺下瞞上 · qī​xià​mán​shàng · to deceive superiors and bully subordinates — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    欺下瞒上 / 欺下瞞上

    qī​xià​mán​shàng

    to deceive superiors and bully subordinates

    to hide the truth from those above while oppressing or bullying those below

    欺 (literal) → 欺 · qī · to bully 下 (literal) → 下 · xià · inferior 瞒 (literal) → 瞒/瞞 · mán · to conceal 上 (literal) → 上 · shàng · upper

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

    created sense