pecking order

pecking order

Senior, junior, superior and inferior, a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is zh ǎ ngy ò uz ū Nb ē I, which means seniority and status. From the book of rites, music.

The origin of Idioms

In the book of rites, Yue Ji: "therefore, the rank and rank of officials are appropriate to each other, which shows that there is a rank of honor and inferiority in the future generations."

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used of a person's seniority. The army is the most particular. Generally speaking, the senior officials humbly say: you can call me laomou, which shows the intimacy of officers and soldiers. In fact, who dares to call him laomou? Bi Shumin's the last cedilanide