Chinese English Dictionary Online

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  • height; level; (music) pitch
  • relative superiority
  • propriety; discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低[bu4 zhi1 gao1 di1])
  • no matter what; just; simply (will not ..., must ... etc)
  • at long last
Trad. 不識高低
  • can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
Trad. 一見高低
  • lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom)
  • fig. to cross swords with
  • to lock horns
  • can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one

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