上有政策，下有對策

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	policy		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	the way to deal with a situation; countermeasure
trad. (上有政策，下有對策)		上	有	政策	，	下	有	對策
simp. (上有政策，下有对策)		上	有	政策	，	下	有	对策

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàng yǒu zhèngcè, xià yǒu duìcè

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄥˋ ㄘㄜˋ , ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄘㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ jau⁵ zing³ caak³, haa⁶ jau⁵ deoi³ caak³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàng yǒu zhèngcè, xià yǒu duìcè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄥˋ ㄘㄜˋ , ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄘㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàng yǒu jhèngcè, sià yǒu duèicè
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴ yu³ chêng⁴-tsʻê⁴, hsia⁴ yu³ tui⁴-tsʻê⁴
    • Yale: shàng yǒu jèng-tsè-, syà yǒu dwèi-tsè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanq yeou jenqtseh, shiah yeou dueytseh
    • Palladius: шан ю чжэнцэ, ся ю дуйцэ (šan ju čžɛncɛ, sja ju dujcɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ jau⁵ zing³ caak³, haa⁶ jau⁵ deoi³ caak³
    • Yale: seuhng yáuh jing chaak, hah yáuh deui chaak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ jau⁵ dzing³ tsaak⁸, haa⁶ jau⁵ doey³ tsaak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ yeo⁵ jing³ cag³, ha⁶ yeo⁵ dêu³ cag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² jɐu̯¹³ t͡sɪŋ³³ t͡sʰaːk̚³ haː²² jɐu̯¹³ tɵy̯³³ t͡sʰaːk̚³/

Idiom

上有政策，下有對策

1. Those above have policies while those below have their own ways of getting around them.