明升暗降

Traditional form:

明升暗降

Pinyin (reading):

míngshēng'ànjiàng

Definitions:

• (idiom) to kick sb upstairs

Characters:

• 明 - bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
• 升 - to advance; to arise; to hoist, to raise
• 暗 - dark, gloomy; obscure; secret, covert
• 降 - to descend, to fall; to drop, to lower

Traditional characters:

• 明 - bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
• 升 - to advance; to arise; to hoist, to raise
• 暗 - dark, gloomy; obscure; secret, covert
• 降 - to descend, to fall; to drop, to lower