上意下運
English translation: Top-down communication
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| 5 +1 | Top-down communication |
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| 4 | The desire/wish of a senior is the fate of a subordinate |
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The desire/wish of a senior is the fate of a subordinate Explanation: 上意 implies the wish or desire of a high-level person, whereas 運means fate or fortune, so I guess this is a phrase that implies that the Desire of a supreme person becomes the fate or destiny of a lower-level person... Guess I am close to it...... |
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21 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1Top-down communication Explanation: Not as poetic, by any stretch, as "the desire of a senior is the fate of a subordinate", but a pretty straightforward translation in common use - assuming that Inumaru-san is correct about the typo on the last character - and I believe that he is. |
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