上有政策，下有對策

Chinese

up; on; on top
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
 
to have; there is; there are
to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
 
 policy
under; next; lower
under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
 
to have; there is; there are
to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
 
 the way to deal with a situation; countermeasure
trad. (上有政策，下有對策) 上 有 政策 ， 下 有 對策
simp. (上有政策，下有对策) 上 有 政策 ， 下 有 对策

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shàng yǒu zhèngcè, xià yǒu duìcè
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄥˋ ㄘㄜˋ , ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄘㄜˋ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng6 jau5 zing3 caak3, haa6 jau5 deoi3 caak3
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: shàng yǒu zhèngcè, xià yǒu duìcè
      • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄥˋ ㄘㄜˋ , ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄘㄜˋ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: shàng yǒu jhèngcè, sià yǒu duèicè
      • Wade–Giles: shang4 yu3 chêng4-tsʻê4, hsia4 yu3 tui4-tsʻê4
      • Yale: shàng yǒu jèng-tsè-, syà yǒu dwèi-tsè
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanq yeou jenqtseh, shiah yeou dueytseh
      • Palladius: шан ю чжэнцэ, ся ю дуйцэ (šan ju čžɛncɛ, sja ju dujcɛ)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/
  • Cantonese

Idiom

上有政策，下有對策

  1. Those above have policies while those below have their own ways of getting around them.
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