please both superiors and inferiors ❍ 便是本家大人，是老爷最相好的，他不多几年，已巴到极顶的分儿，也只为识时达务，能够～罢了。(《红楼梦》 1290) But your close friend and kinsman has climbed to the top in just a few years,simply because he has the good sense to please both his superiors and his inferiors.