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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

高不成低不就
gāo bù chéng dī bù jiù
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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高低不就gāo dī bù jiùcan't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one高不凑低不就gāo bù còu dī bù jiù
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