高不成低不就

gāo bù chéng dī bù jiù

can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one

高

gāo

high

不

bù

no; not so

成

chéng

short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]

低

dī

low

不

bù

no; not so

就

jiù

(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then