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Meaning of 明升暗降

Lookup via: Pinyin | Radicals
to ostensibly promote but actually demote; to kick sb. upstairs (idiom)
Example Sentences
1
布朗表面是升任新公司的董事长
,
其实是明升暗降
。
Brown is being kicked upstairs to become chairman of the new company.
2
他们把他们的主任安排到管理委员会
,
使他明升暗降
。
They kicked their manager upstairs by putting him on the managing committee.
3
他们通过把经理升迁至管理委员会而使他明升暗降
。
They kicked upstairs their manager by putting him on the managing committee.
4
他们决定对他明升暗降
,
让一位比他年轻的人来接替他目前的职位
。
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They decided to kick him upstairs and appoint a younger man to take his place.
5
新政府为了削弱这名五星上将对军队的影响力
,
实行明升暗降
,
委任他做国务卿
。
To weaken his hold on the army, the new government kicked the five-star general upstairs by making him Secretary of State.