Chinese–English

上梁不正下梁歪

shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi · shang liang bu zheng xia liang wai

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT

lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices

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