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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 上梁不正下梁歪 [ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄨㄞ; shang4 liang2 bu4 zheng4 xia4 liang2 wai1]
 lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
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