高下在心

Chinese

		above and below; high and low; more or less	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (高下在心)		高下	在	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāoxià zài xīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāoxià zài xīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaosià zài sin
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-hsia⁴ tsai⁴ hsin¹
    • Yale: gāu-syà dzài syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaushiah tzay shin
    • Palladius: гаося цзай синь (gaosja czaj sinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/

Idiom

高下在心

1. to wield a great amount of power, and to reward or punish subordinates at one's whim