扒高踩低

pá gāo cǎi dī

Meaning

crawl high, step low (idiom); unprincipled crawling, flattering one's superiors and trampling on one's juniors; toadying and bullying

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扒bāto scratch, to dig up; to crouch, to crawl扌八高gāotall, lofty; high, elevated亠口冋踩cǎito step on; to stamp足采低dīlow; to lower, to hang; to bend, to bow亻氐