gāo bù chéng dī bù jiù

ㄍㄠㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ

Phr

1can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one