恃才傲物
shì cái ào wù
Pinyin

Definition

恃才傲物
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shì cái ào wù
  1. to be inordinately proud of one's ability
  2. to be conceited and contemptuous (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

cái
  1. 1 ability
  2. 2 talent
  3. 3 sb of a certain type
  4. 4 a capable individual
  5. 5 only
  6. 6 only then
  7. 7 just now
lǐ wù
  1. 1 gift
  2. 2 present
  3. 3 CL:件[jiàn],個|个[gè],份[fèn]
shì wù
  1. 1 thing
  2. 2 object
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
rén cái
  1. 1 talent
  2. 2 talented person
  3. 3 looks
  4. 4 attractive looks
rén wù
  1. 1 person
  2. 2 character (in a play, novel etc)
  3. 3 protagonist
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
ào jiāo
  1. 1 (coll.) presenting as unfriendly and blunt, but warm and tender inside (loanword from Japanese "tsundere")
ào màn
  1. 1 arrogant
  2. 2 haughty
Lì wù pǔ
  1. 1 Liverpool (England)
gāng cái
  1. 1 just now
  2. 2 a moment ago
dòng wù
  1. 1 animal
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī],群[qún],個|个[gè]
dòng wù yuán
  1. 1 zoo
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
huà hé wù
  1. 1 chemical compound
bó wù guǎn
  1. 1 museum
kǒu cái
  1. 1 eloquence
tiān cái
  1. 1 talent
  2. 2 gift
  3. 3 genius
  4. 4 talented
  5. 5 gifted
qí cái
  1. 1 genius
shí wù
  1. 1 material object
  2. 2 concrete object
  3. 3 original object
  4. 4 in kind
  5. 5 object for practical use
  6. 6 definite thing
  7. 7 reality
  8. 8 matter (physics)
chǒng wù
  1. 1 house pet
yóu wù
  1. 1 rarity
  2. 2 rare object
  3. 3 rare person
  4. 4 extraordinarily beautiful woman
fèi wù
  1. 1 rubbish
  2. 2 waste material
  3. 3 useless person

Idioms (20)

一物降一物
yī wù xiáng yī wù
  1. 1 lit. one object bests another object
  2. 2 every item has a weakness (idiom)
  3. 3 there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
不打不成才
bù dǎ bù chéng cái
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
人才济济
rén cái jǐ jǐ
  1. 1 a galaxy of talent (idiom)
  2. 2 a great number of competent people
仁民爱物
rén mín ài wù
  1. 1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence
佳人才子
jiā rén cái zǐ
  1. 1 beautiful lady, gifted scholar (idiom)
  2. 2 pair of ideal lovers
傲视群伦
ào shì qún lún
  1. 1 outstanding talent (idiom)
  2. 2 incomparable artistic merit
  3. 3 accomplishment out of the ordinary
价廉物美
jià lián wù měi
  1. 1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)
博学多才
bó xué duō cái
  1. 1 erudite and multi-talented (idiom); versatile and able
博物洽闻
bó wù qià wén
  1. 1 to have a wide knowledge of many subjects (idiom)
厚德载物
hòu dé zài wù
  1. 1 with great virtue one can take charge of the world (idiom)
囊中取物
náng zhōng qǔ wù
  1. 1 as easy as reaching for it from a bag (idiom)
  2. 2 in the bag
  3. 3 (as good as) in one's possession
地大物博
dì dà wù bó
  1. 1 vast territory with abundant resources (idiom)
天低吴楚,眼空无物
tiān dī Wú Chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù
  1. 1 the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon
天妒英才
tiān dù yīng cái
  1. 1 heaven is jealous of heroic genius (idiom); the great have great hardship to contend with
  2. 2 those whom the Gods love die young
女子无才便是德
nu:3 zǐ wú cái biàn shì dé
  1. 1 a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom)
居功自傲
jū gōng zì ào
  1. 1 satisfied with one's accomplishment and arrogant as a result (idiom); resting on one's laurels and despising others
引以为傲
yǐn yǐ wéi ào
  1. 1 to be intensely proud of sth (idiom)
德才兼备
dé cái jiān bèi
  1. 1 having both integrity and talent (idiom)
恃强欺弱
shì qiáng qī ruò
  1. 1 to use one's strength to mistreat people (idiom)
  2. 2 to bully
恃才傲物
shì cái ào wù
  1. 1 to be inordinately proud of one's ability
  2. 2 to be conceited and contemptuous (idiom)

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