高攀 gāopān

gāopān noun social climbing; to claim connections with people in higher social class
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '高攀')

Also contained in

高攀不上不敢高攀

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 2 Ji Shamen Bu Ying Bai Su Deng Shi 集沙門不應拜俗等事 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 21 A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 25 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 1 , has English translation

Collocations

  • 似高攀 (似高攀) 似高攀十 — Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集, Scroll 25 — count: 2