凌驾

凌駕

língjià

verb #15,928

Meanings

HSK 6

没有人可以凌驾于法律之上。

Méiyǒu rén kěyǐ língjià yú fǎlǜ zhīshàng.

No one can place themselves above the law.

HSK 6

个人利益不能凌驾于集体利益之上。

Gèrén lìyì bùnéng língjià yú jítǐ lìyì zhīshàng.

Personal interests cannot override collective interests.

grammar

Almost always used with 于...之上: 凌驾于X之上 (to place oneself above X). This is a fixed pattern - dropping 于...之上 sounds incomplete.

memory

凌 (ice; to rise above) + 驾 (to drive; to ride) = to ride above. Imagine someone driving their chariot over others, looking down from above.

凌 líng

驾 jià