居高臨下

See also: 居高临下

Chinese

		reside	high; tall	to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
trad. (居高臨下)		居	高	臨	下
simp. (居高临下)		居	高	临	下
Literally: “to live high and look down”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jūgāolínxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ ㄍㄠ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi¹ gou¹ lam⁴ haa⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ku-ko-lîm-hā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jūgāolínxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ ㄍㄠ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyugaolínsià
    • Wade–Giles: chü¹-kao¹-lin²-hsia⁴
    • Yale: jyū-gāu-lín-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiugaulinshiah
    • Palladius: цзюйгаолинься (czjujgaolinʹsja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ lin³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi¹ gou¹ lam⁴ haa⁶
    • Yale: gēui gōu làhm hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey¹ gou¹ lam⁴ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu¹ gou¹ lem⁴ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ lɐm²¹ haː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ku-ko-lîm-hā
    • Tâi-lô: ku-ko-lîm-hā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ku'koilimha
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴⁻²² lim²⁴⁻²² ha²²/

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