| 攀 |
pān gāo zhī | (coll.) to try to improve one's social standing by marrying or affiliating with people of higher status |
| 攀 |
pān | to climb (by pulling oneself up) / to implicate / to claim connections of higher status |
| 高 |
Gāo | surname Gao |
| 高 |
gāo | high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific) |
| 枝 |
zhī | branch / classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc |