conceal the true state of affairs from above and below

conceal the true state of affairs from above and below

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m á NSH à ngq à Xi à, which means to deceive the superior, the subordinates or the people. From Ding Ling's the sun shines on Sanggan River.

Idiom usage

He has always been playing tricks, and today he has come to such an end that he really deserves it.

The origin of Idioms

Ding Ling's the sun shines on Sanggan River: "up to now, I can't think about it for the common people. I'm just not an individual

Source of allusion

"Yuan history. Volume 146. Biography 33. Yelu Chucai": the rich Liu hudu Ma, Tan fading, Liu Tingyu and so on bought the world with 1.4 million liang of silver to levy taxes. Chucai said: "this greedy man, regardless of the upper and lower, does great harm." Play it.