上有政策,下有对策

shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè

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

shàng

(bound form) up; upper; above; previous

yǒu

to have; there is

zhèng

political

policy

,

xià

down

yǒu

to have; there is

duì

right; correct

policy