居高临下 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 居高臨下 On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C2. jūgāolínxià ㄐㄩ ㄍㄠ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ 男 女 lit. to be in a high location, overlooking the scene below (idiom) fig. to occupy a commanding position to assume a haughty attitude Character by character 居(jū)reside 高(gāo)high 临(lín)face 下(xià)down A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0 国际中文教育中文水平等级标准, 中华人民共和国教育部, MIT