Shù dà zhāofēng; (guān dà zhāo huò).

樹大招風, (官大招禍)。

Lit [Just as a] tall tree invites the wind, ([so a] high official invites disasters).

Fig A person in a high social position is likely to be attacked.

Note [Cf. JW, chap. 33; the first part is usually used alone, often as a chengyu, with the meaning of the second part understood, as in a xiehouyu; see also the following entry.]

Topics chengyu FAME JW OFFICIALS shùdà-zhāofēng xiehouyu