| 不 |
bù gǎn gāo pān | lit. not dare to pull oneself up high (humble term) / I cannot presume on your attention |
| 不 |
bù | no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 敢 |
gǎn | to dare / daring / (polite) may I venture |
| 高 |
Gāo | surname Gao |
| 高 |
gāo | high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific) |
| 高 |
gāo pān | social climbing / to claim connections with people in higher social class |
| 攀 |
pān | to climb (by pulling oneself up) / to implicate / to claim connections of higher status |