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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

有了稳定的电力供应后，叶金荣安装了污水处理系统，将猪粪制成有机肥施用到园区内农作物上；将猪尿经沼气处理后喷施到周边农作物上；生态循环让周边的千亩竹林、茶叶水果、毛竹、珍稀菌木等欣欣向荣。

yǒu le wěndìng de diànlì gōngyìng hòu ，yèjīnróng ānzhuāng le wūshuǐ chǔlǐ xìtǒng ，jiāng zhū fèn zhìchéng yǒujīféi shīyòng dào yuánqū nèi nóngzuòwù shàng ；jiāng zhū niào Jīng zhǎoqì chǔlǐ hòu pēnshī dào zhōubiān nóngzuòwù shàng ；shēngtài xúnhuán ràng zhōubiān de qiān mǔ zhúlín 、cháyè shuǐguǒ 、máozhú 、zhēnxī jūn mù děng xīnxīnxiàngróng 。

After having a stable power supply, Ye Jinrong installed a sewage treatment system to apply pig manure as organic fertilizer to the crops in the farm; pig urine was treated with biogas and sprayed onto the surrounding crops. This ecological cycle allowed the surrounding acres of bamboo forest, tea fruits, rare wood and others to flourish.

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那可了不起了，配角奖项部分，女配角比较没有悬念，男配角就比较难预测，几乎大家都有机会。

nà kě liǎobuqǐ le ，pèijué jiǎngxiàng bùfen ，nǚ pèijué bǐjiào méiyǒu xuánniàn ，nán pèijué jiù bǐjiào nán yùcè ，jīhū dàjiā dōu yǒu jīhuì 。

That's really something, eh? As to the supporting role categories, the best supporting actress category hasn't got as much suspense around it, whereas the best supporting actor is harder to predict, almost everyone has an opportunity.

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他说他没有机会了解我，我又何尝有机会了解他呢！（意思是没有机会了解“他”）

tā shuō tā méi yǒu jīhuì liǎojiě wǒ ，wǒ yòu hécháng yǒu jīhuì liǎojiě tā ne ！（yìsi shì méi yǒu jīhuì liǎojiě “tā ”）

He says he had no opportunities to get to know me, but when would I have had the opportunity to get to know him? (meaning, "I did not have the opportunity to get to know him")

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