stand proudly
Stand tall and upright, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is à or á NT à NGL à, describes tall and straight, unswerving will. From praise of poplar.
Idiom usage
He is tall, straight and unswerving
The origin of Idioms
Mao Dun's praise of poplar: "don't you think that in the vast land behind the enemy, there are strong and unyielding sentinels everywhere, just like the poplar tree, standing up to guard their hometown?"
Chinese PinYin : ào rán tǐng lì
stand proudly
You can't get up or down. shàng bù zháo tiān,xià bù zháo dì
bureaucrats shield one another. guān guān xiāng wèi
have food spread out ten feet square -- live in luxury. shí wèi fāng zhàng