Dig high and trample low
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ā g ā OC ǎ ID ī, which means to flatter the superior and bully the inferior. From selected Chinese Folktales: traitor Li Siyi.
The origin of Idioms
Selected Chinese Folktales: traitor Li Siyi: "to be a man is to step on the high and step on the low, and be good at floating on the water."
Idiom usage
Combined; as predicate and attribute; with commendatory meaning.
Dig high and trample low
be in harmony in appearanc but at variance in heart - mào hé qíng lí
stamp one 's feet and beat one 's breast - dùn zú zhuī xiōng