pay too much respect to one 's superiors and despise those who are of lower ranks(chǎn shàng ào xià)

pay too much respect to one 's superiors and despise those who are of lower ranks

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch à NSH à ng à oxi à, which means flattering the superior and arrogant the inferior. It's from Dharma speech, self cultivation.

Notes on Idioms

Flatter: to please or flatter.

The origin of Idioms

Yang Xiong of the Han Dynasty wrote in FA Yan - self cultivation: "if you don't flatter your superiors and don't arrogant your subordinates, you can do something."

Idiom usage

It can be used as predicate and attributive. example the so-called "wealth lies in heaven" is to break the authority on earth, not to go up and down the road to seek unjust wealth. The third chapter of Guo Moruo's critique of Confucius and Mohism

Analysis of Idioms

Flattering the superior and arrogant the inferior

Chinese PinYin : chǎn shàng ào xià