高攀

gāopān
  1. social climbing
  2. to claim connections with people in higher social class

CEDICT

to associate oneself with those of higher social status (through friendship, marriage, etc.)

Wiktionary

比喻与比自己身分地位高的人结交或联姻。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 高 gāo
  1. high
  2. tall
  3. above average
  4. loud
  5. your (honorific)
2 攀 pān
  1. to climb (by pulling oneself up)
  2. to implicate
  3. to claim connections of higher status

Containing this entry

不敢高攀 bùgǎngāopān
  1. lit. not dare to pull oneself up high (humble term)
  2. I cannot presume on your attention
高攀不上 gāopānbùshàng to be unworthy to associate with (sb of higher social status)

Related entries

夤缘攀附 yínyuánpānfù
  1. to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom); to advance one's career by currying favor
  2. social climbing
攀高结贵 pāngāojiéguì
  1. lit. to cling to the high, connect to the rich (idiom); to try to attach oneself to the rich and powerful
  2. social climbing
趋炎附势 qūyánfùshì
  1. to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power
  2. social climbing
攀附 pānfù
  1. to climb (of climbing plants)
  2. to creep
  3. to cling on to
  4. fig. to seek connection (with the rich and powerful)
  5. social climbing