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瞒上欺下

mán shàng qī xià

4-character word Traditional 瞞上欺下

What 瞒上欺下 means

1. to deceive one's superiors and bully one's subordinates (idiom)

The characters in 瞒上欺下

• 瞒mánto conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark
• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
• 欺qīto take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat
• 下xiàdown; downwards; below

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