神气活现
shén qì huó xiàn
Pinyin

Definition

神气活现
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shén qì huó xiàn
  1. arrogant appearance
  2. smug appearance
  3. to act condescending
  4. to put on airs

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

活
huó
  1. 1 to live
  2. 2 alive
  3. 3 living
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 workmanship
活动
huó dòng
  1. 1 to exercise
  2. 2 to move about
  3. 3 to operate
  4. 4 to use connections (personal influence)
  5. 5 loose
  6. 6 shaky
  7. 7 active
  8. 8 movable
  9. 9 activity
  10. 10 campaign
  11. 11 maneuver
  12. 12 behavior
  13. 13 CL:項|项[xiàng],個|个[gè]
生活
shēng huó
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 activity
  3. 3 to live
  4. 4 livelihood
神
Shén
  1. 1 God
  2. 2 abbr. for 神舟[Shén zhōu]
神秘
shén mì
  1. 1 mysterious
  2. 2 mystery
神马
shén mǎ
  1. 1 mythical horse
  2. 2 Internet slang for 什麼|什么[shén me]
精神
jīng shén
  1. 1 spirit
  2. 2 mind
  3. 3 consciousness
  4. 4 thought
  5. 5 mental
  6. 6 psychological
  7. 7 essence
  8. 8 gist
  9. 9 CL:個|个[gè]
龙马精神
lóng mǎ jīng shén
  1. 1 old but still full of vitality (idiom)
二郎神
Èr láng shén
  1. 1 Erlangshen, Chinese deity
夜生活
yè shēng huó
  1. 1 night life
女神
nu:3 shén
  1. 1 goddess
  2. 2 nymph
安神
ān shén
  1. 1 to calm (soothe) the nerves
  2. 2 to relieve uneasiness of body and mind
封神榜
Fēng shén Bǎng
  1. 1 Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhōu Wǔ wáng] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
干活
gàn huó
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 to be employed
复活
fù huó
  1. 1 to revive
  2. 2 (lit. and fig.) to come back to life
  3. 3 (religion) resurrection
忙活
máng huo
  1. 1 to be really busy
  2. 2 pressing business
快活
kuài huo
  1. 1 happy
  2. 2 cheerful
提神
tí shén
  1. 1 to freshen up
  2. 2 to be cautious or vigilant
  3. 3 to watch out
  4. 4 stimulant to enhance mental performance
  5. 5 stay-awake drug
  6. 6 agrypnotic
死去活来
sǐ qù huó lái
  1. 1 to hover between life and death (idiom)
  2. 2 to suffer terribly
  3. 3 within an inch of one's life
死活
sǐ huó
  1. 1 life or death
  2. 2 fate
  3. 3 no matter what
  4. 4 anyway
  5. 5 for the life of me

Idioms (20)

不怕神一样的对手，就怕猪一样的队友
bù pà shén yī yàng de duì shǒu , jiù pà zhū yī yàng de duì yǒu
  1. 1 a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent (idiom)
不知死活
bù zhī sǐ huó
  1. 1 to act recklessly (idiom)
你死我活
nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
  1. 1 lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
  2. 2 two parties cannot coexist
凶神恶煞
xiōng shén è shà
  1. 1 fiends (idiom); devils and monsters
全神贯注
quán shén guàn zhù
  1. 1 to concentrate one's attention completely (idiom)
  2. 2 with rapt attention
八仙过海，各显神通
Bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng
  1. 1 lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
六神无主
liù shén wú zhǔ
  1. 1 out of one's wits (idiom)
  2. 2 distracted
  3. 3 stunned
兵贵神速
bīng guì shén sù
  1. 1 lit. speed is a crucial asset in war (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. swift and resolute (in doing sth)
出神入化
chū shén rù huà
  1. 1 to reach perfection (idiom); a superb artistic achievement
力尽神危
lì jìn shén wēi
  1. 1 totally exhausted as result of overexertion (idiom)
化腐朽为神奇
huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí
  1. 1 lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom)
奉若神明
fèng ruò shén míng
  1. 1 to honor sb as a God (idiom); to revere
  2. 2 to worship
  3. 3 to deify
  4. 4 to make a holy cow of sth
  5. 5 to put sb on a pedestal
好死不如赖活着
hǎo sǐ bù rú lài huó zhe
  1. 1 better a bad life than a good death (idiom)
心安神闲
xīn ān shén xián
  1. 1 with one's heart at ease and one's spirit at rest (idiom)
心旷神怡
xīn kuàng shén yí
  1. 1 lit. heart untroubled, spirit pleased (idiom); carefree and relaxed
心神恍惚
xīn shén huǎng hū
  1. 1 perturbed (idiom)
心领神悟
xīn lǐng shén wù
  1. 1 to understand tacitly (idiom)
  2. 2 to know intuitively
  3. 3 to understand thoroughly
心领神会
xīn lǐng shén huì
  1. 1 to understand tacitly (idiom)
  2. 2 to know intuitively
  3. 3 to understand thoroughly
提神醒脑
tí shén xǐng nǎo
  1. 1 to refresh and clear the mind (idiom)
  2. 2 invigorating
  3. 3 bracing
敬若神明
jìng ruò shén míng
  1. 1 to hold sb in the same regard as one would a god (idiom)

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