以下犯上 Save Sign in to save words yǐxiàfànshàng ㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄈㄢˋ ㄕㄤˋ to disrespect one's superiors to offend one's elders Character by character 以(yǐ)use 下(xià)down 犯(fàn)violate 上(shàng)up A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0