「高不成低不就」
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Pronunciation: | gou1 bat1 sing4 dai1 bat1 zau6 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
高 tall; height; elevated; high in magnitude; (of age) old 不 no; negator; not 成 to accomplish; 10%; one tenth; to succeed; to finish; to complete; whole; all; entire 低 low; (of quantity) low; down; added after a verb 不 no; negator; not 就 as a result; in light of; with regard to; in this/that regard; to accommodate; to yield to; to give in; to acquiesce; to succeed; to complete; close; near; to tend to; arrive; to do; almost; soon; precisely; exactly; right after; immediately after; then |
Part of Speech: | expression |
Explanation: |
to be unfit for a higher post or a better romantic date, but unwilling to take a lower one
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