小人得志
xiǎo rén dé zhì
Pinyin

Definition

小人得志
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xiǎo rén dé zhì
  1. lit. a vile character flourishes (idiom)
  2. fig. an inferior person gets into a position of power, becoming conceited and arrogant

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

rén
  1. 1 man
  2. 2 person
  3. 3 people
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 位 wèi
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
bié ren
  1. 1 other people
  2. 2 others
  3. 3 other person
nǚ rén
  1. 1 woman
xiǎo
  1. 1 small
  2. 2 tiny
  3. 3 few
  4. 4 young

Idioms (20)

一人得道,鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一举两得
yī jǔ liǎng dé
  1. 1 one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
一蹴而得
yī cù ér dé
  1. 1 to get there in one step (idiom); easily done
  2. 2 success at a stroke
  3. 3 to get results overnight
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact