To refer to supernatural beings envying and observing the prominent and wealthy, intending to bring misfortune upon their excessive pride or ambition.
那位商人近年来事业蒸蒸日上，但他总提醒自己不要过于张扬，以免引来“鬼瞰高明”的境地。
The businessman's career has been booming in recent years, but he always reminds himself not to be too ostentatious, so as to avoid attracting the situation implied by "ghosts spying on the prominent."
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