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1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven

上有政策，下有对策

shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè

1 The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)

Sample Sentences

公有停车场都停满了，私人呢，你又不是不知道，贵死了!我就满街绕啊绕，绕了十几圈，总算找到了一个路边的停车位。

gōngyǒu tíngchē chǎng dōu tíng mǎn le ，sīrén ne ，nǐ yòu bùshì bù zhīdào ，guì sǐ le !wǒ jiù mǎn jiē rào ā rào ，rào le shíjǐ quān ，zǒngsuàn zhǎodào le yī gè lùbiān de tíngchēwèi 。

All the public parking spaces were full. The private ones, well, it's not like you don't know, they're extortionate! I had to go round and round the block. After around ten laps, I finally found a parking space by the side of the road.

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可是国有生产资料变成私有资产，等于将公有产权变为私有产权，这还是社会主义吗？国有资产让私人经营，会造成严重的贫富不均，这样还能人人平等吗？

kěshì guóyǒu shēngchǎnzīliào biànchéng sīyǒu zīchǎn ，děngyú jiāng gōngyǒu chǎnquán biànwéi sīyǒu chǎnquán ，zhè háishì shèhuìzhǔyì ma ？guóyǒuzīchǎn ràng sīrén jīngyíng ，huì zàochéng yánzhòng de pínfùbùjūn ，zhèyàng huán néng rénrén píngděng ma ？

But changing publicly owned assets into privately owned assets is equivalent to turning publicly owned goods into privately owned goods. Is that still socialism? Allowing private individuals to operate state-owned properties will create a very serious wealth gap. Will people be able to stay equal this way?

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