手腕高

手腕高

Literally means:

wrist high

Actually means:

手腕 refers to skills or wrongful methods.

This phrase means that one is capable of dealing with people or affairs, or that he is good at using artifices. In the latter sense, it is derogatory, referring to using improper or illicit means thatare usually effective and yet hard to be detected.

手腕，本领，或者不正当的方法。

手腕高，处理事情或打交道的本事大，又或者处理事情或打交道的时候使用的不正当的手段很高明。用在后一种情况含有贬义，而且多指所用的不正当方法，不容易被人觉察或识破，能取一定得效果。