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居高臨下
居高臨下
See also: 居高临下
Chinese
- {| style="clear: right;margin: 1em;border-collapse: collapse;text-align: center"
|- ! !reside !high; tall
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to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before
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under; second; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to decline; to go down; latter
|- !trad. (居高臨下) | 居 | 高 | 臨 | 下 |- !simp. (居高临下) | 居 | 高 | 临 | 下 |- !Literally: “to live high and look down”. |}
Idiom
居高臨下