上有政策，下有对策

shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè

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1. The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)

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Child Words of 上有政策，下有对策

• 下 下 xià: down
• 对 对 duì: right; correct
• 对策 对策 duì cè: countermeasure for dealing with a situation
• 政策 政策 zhèng cè: policy
• 有 有 yǒu: to have; there is
• 政 政 zhèng: political
• 策 策 cè: policy
• 上 上 shàng: on top