condescend to treat those inferior in position
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh é Ji é D à sh à, which means to bend oneself to others. It comes from Shao guangzhuan, the book of Zhou.
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: a man of Rites
The origin of Idioms
Shao guangzhuan in the book of Zhou states: "when the Duke of Jin protected the scholars and Guangdi Qi Guogong Liang, he was extravagant and overstepped the system. Guangdu led by the rules of propriety and treated the scholars in a compromise way. So the government and the opposition were called Yan."
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate, attribute, or object.
condescend to treat those inferior in position