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
pecking order
one 's heart ached as if pierced by ten thousand arrows - luàn jiàn cuán xīn
when one sees the saddle he thinks of the horse -- one thing leads to another - jiàn ān sī mǎ
enlist talents through the old civil service examination system - kāi kē qǔ shì
be one's unshirkable responsibility - zé wú páng dài