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上梁不正下梁歪

shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi

Definition

  1. (lit.) If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices

Character Decomposition

上
=
？
+
一
梁
=
氵
+
刅
+
木
不
=
丆
+
卜
正
=
一
+
止
下
=
一
+
卜
梁
=
不
+
正

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