"subordinates" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
手下 shǒu xià under one's control or administration / subordinates / (money etc) on hand / sb's financial means / when taking action syn
麾下 huī xià troops / subordinates / (honorific appellation for a general) syn
属员 屬員 shǔ yuán (old) subordinates (under sb's authority) syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
召见 召見 zhào jiàn call in (one's subordinates) / summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview
训话 訓話 xùn huà to admonish subordinates syn
旧部 舊部 jiù bù one's former subordinates
不耻下问 不恥下問 bù chǐ xià wèn not feel ashamed to ask and learn from one's subordinates syn
上行下效 上行下傚 shàng xíng xià xiào subordinates follow the example of their superiors (idiom) syn
lóu (bound form) subordinates in a gang of bandits syn
上梁不正下梁歪 shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom) / fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices syn
不愧下学 不愧下學 bù kuì xià xué not ashamed to learn from subordinates (idiom)
尾大不掉 wěi dà bù diào large tail obstructs action (idiom) / bottom heavy / fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates
临问 臨問 lín wèn to go personally to consult subordinates (of a high official)
马骝 馬騮 mǎ liú monkey (dialect) / little monkey (affectionate term for children, subordinates)
瞒上欺下 瞞上欺下 mán shàng qī xià to deceive one's superiors and bully one's subordinates (idiom) syn
垂范 垂範 chuí fàn (literary) to set a shining example (for one's subordinates or future generations) syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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