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居高臨下

居高臨下

See also: 居高临下

Chinese

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|- ! !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) | | | | |- !simp. (居高临下) | | | | |- !Literally: “to live high and look down”. |}

Idiom

居高臨下

  1. to occupy the high ground; to overlook
  2. to be condescending; to be arrogant based on one's social position