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狗眼看人低
gǒu yǎn kàn rén dī
Pinyin
Definition
狗眼看人低
-
gǒu yǎn kàn rén dī
to act like a snob
Character Decomposition
狗
犭
勹
口
眼
目
艮
看
龵
目
人
人
低
亻
氏
丶
Related Words
(20)
人
rén
1
man
2
person
3
people
4
CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
人生
rén shēng
1
life (one's time on earth)
别人
bié ren
1
other people
2
others
3
other person
女人
nu:3 rén
1
woman
好看
hǎo kàn
1
good-looking
2
nice-looking
3
good (of a movie, book, TV show etc)
4
embarrassed
5
humiliated
恋人
liàn rén
1
lover
2
sweetheart
男人
nán rén
1
a man
2
a male
3
men
4
CL:個|个[gè]
看
kān
1
to look after
2
to take care of
3
to watch
4
to guard
看看
kàn kan
1
to take a look at
2
to examine
3
to survey
4
(coll.) pretty soon
一眼
yī yǎn
1
a glance
2
a quick look
3
a glimpse
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
1
to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
不为人知
bù wéi rén zhī
1
not known to anyone
2
secret
3
unknown
世人
shì rén
1
people (in general)
2
people around the world
3
everyone
丢人
diū rén
1
to lose face
中国人
Zhōng guó rén
1
Chinese person
主人
zhǔ rén
1
master
2
host
3
owner
4
CL:個|个[gè]
主持人
zhǔ chí rén
1
TV or radio presenter
2
host
3
anchor
乱世佳人
Luàn shì Jiā rén
1
Gone with the Wind (film)
人事
rén shì
1
personnel
2
human resources
3
human affairs
4
ways of the world
5
(euphemism) sexuality
6
the facts of life
人人
rén rén
1
everyone
2
every person
Idioms
(20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
1
lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
2
fig. to ride on sb else's success
3
Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
4
Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一把眼泪一把鼻涕
yī bǎ yǎn lèi yī bǎ bí tì
1
with one's face covered in tears (idiom)
一板一眼
yī bǎn yī yǎn
1
lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter
2
scrupulous attention to detail
一板三眼
yī bǎn sān yǎn
1
lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
一眼看穿
yī yǎn kàn chuān
1
to see through something at first glance (idiom)
一见高低
yī jiàn gāo dī
1
lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom)
2
fig. to cross swords with
3
to lock horns
一饱眼福
yī bǎo yǎn fú
1
to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
1
to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
1
three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行,必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
1
lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
2
you have sth to learn from everyone
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì
1
three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
不以人废言
bù yǐ rén fèi yán
1
not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
不恤人言
bù xù rén yán
1
not to worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say
不是一家人不进一家门
bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén
1
people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)
2
marriages are predestined
3
people marry because they share common traits
不甘人后
bù gān rén hòu
1
(idiom) not want to be outdone
2
not content to lag behind
不甘后人
bù gān hòu rén
1
(idiom) not want to be outdone
2
not content to lag behind
不看僧面看佛面
bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn
1
lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
2
fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
不听老人言,吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
1
(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
不识高低
bù shí gāo dī
1
can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
不足为外人道
bù zú wéi wài rén dào
1
no use to tell others
2
let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
Sample Sentences
所以他这种狗眼看人低的行为真的是不可取,最后他终于尝到苦头了吧!
suǒyǐ tā zhèzhǒng gǒuyǎnkànréndī de xíngwéi zhēnde shì bù kěqǔ ,zuìhòu tā zhōngyú cháng dào kǔtóu le ba !
This kind of snobbish behavior is unacceptable. Finally, karma got him.
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