上有政策，下有对策

shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 上有政策，下有对策

下
xià

down

对
duì

right; correct

对策
duì cè

countermeasure for dealing with a situation

政策
zhèng cè

policy

有
yǒu

to have; there is

政
zhèng

political

策
cè

policy

上
shàng

on top