欺上瞒下 罔顾法纪
“deceiving his superiors and flouting the law.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
为逃流放之刑 冒他人之名 混入戚帅军中数载
“To escape exile, he assumed another identity and served in General Qi's army for years,”
欺上瞒下 罔顾法纪
“deceiving his superiors and flouting the law.”
然 念其督办军资数年 检举田家通番有功
“However, in light of his years of service managing military provisions and his role in exposing the Tian family's illicit foreign trade,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In imperial administrative law, 'deceiving superiors and deluding subordinates' (qishangmanxia) was regarded as one of the gravest moral and institutional breaches by an official.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to deceive superiors and conceal the truth from subordinates
A classical four-character idiom frequently used to condemn corrupt officials or deceitful managers.
to disregard laws and discipline entirely
A formal set phrase used in legal, bureaucratic, or historical contexts to describe deliberate defiance of authority.
