鄙視鏈

a ranking of items in a particular category, with the most highly regarded on top (neologism c. 2012, coined by analogy with 食物鏈|食物链[shi2 wu4 lian4], food chain)

rustic / low / base / mean / to despise / to scorn

to despise / to disdain / to look down upon

to look at / to regard / to inspect

chain / cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m) / chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m) / to chain / to enchain