高不凑低不就
gāo​bù​còu​dī​bù​jiù

unfit for any position

  • created sense approved 高不凑低不就/高不湊低不就 · gāo​bù​còu​dī​bù​jiù · unfit for any position — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    高不凑低不就 / 高不湊低不就

    gāo​bù​còu​dī​bù​jiù

    unfit for any position

    Describes someone who is not skilled enough for a high-level role but is too proud to accept a lower-level one; difficult to satisfy because nothing seems quite right.

    高 (literal) → 高 · gāo · high 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 凑 (literal) → 凑/湊 · còu · to move close 低 (literal) → 低 · dī · low 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 就 (literal) → 就 · jiù · to accommodate

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

    created sense