高不凑低不就 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 高不湊低不就 gāobùcòudībùjiù ㄍㄠ ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄡˋ ㄉㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom) not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one Character by character 高(gāo)surname Gao 不(bù)no 凑(còu)gather together, pool or collect 低(dī)low 不(bù)no 就(jiù)then A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0