We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「能上能下」.
Today, we explore the idiom 「能上能下」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
It means that cadres do not care about the level of their positions, and can work steadily regardless of whether they are in leadership positions or doing actual work at the grassroots level. Implementing the principle of promotion and demotion is an important reform of the lifelong tenure system for cadres.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
néng shàng néng xià
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
nang4 seung5/seung6 nang4 ha6
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