上蹿下跳
“to run amok.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“there's no room for a girl like her”
上蹿下跳
“to run amok.”
这昭阳宫呢 是陛下专门赐给庾贵妃娘娘的
“[Zhaoyang Hall] Zhaoyang Palace was specially bestowed upon Noble Consort Yu by His Majesty.”
“She is making an obnoxious, desperate spectacle of herself, but she is utterly beneath us.”
In traditional court hierarchy, dignified composure is prized; frantic politicking (上蹿下跳) is viewed by entrenched elites as vulgar, unrefined, and indicative of low status.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
running around frantically / scheming restlessly
A pejorative idiom often applied to political or social upstarts making a noisy nuisance of themselves to curry favor.