look down from a height

look down from a height

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ù g ā ol í nxi à, which means to control others by virtue of superiority. It's from "the dangerous words of prosperous times - frontier defense I".

The origin of Idioms

Zheng Guanying of the Qing Dynasty wrote in the book "dangerous words in the prosperous age - frontier defense I": "if there is a soil base, then you will stand high and the enemy will not be able to attack suddenly."

Analysis of Idioms

Be superior to others

Idiom usage

As predicate and attributive, the same as "being superior"

Examples

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