上边压，下边挤上邊壓，下邊擠上邊壓，下邊擠

pressed from above, squeezed from below

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Meaning: Being under pressure from both superiors and subordinates, as middle managers often are. Close to 'caught between a rock and a hard place'.

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Simplified: 上边压，下边挤
Traditional (Taiwan): 上邊壓，下邊擠
Pinyin: shàngbian yā, xiàbian jǐ
Bopomofo: ㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄅㄧㄢㄧㄚ，ㄒㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄅㄧㄢㄐㄧˇ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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