气焰 (氣焰)
qì yàn
Pinyin

Definition

气焰 (氣焰)
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qì yàn
  1. arrogance
  2. haughtiness

Character Decomposition

Related Words (6)

火焰
huǒ yàn
  1. 1 blaze
  2. 2 flame
火焰山
huǒ yàn shān
  1. 1 Mountain of Flames of legend
  2. 2 fig. insurmountable obstacle
  3. 3 Mountain of Flames in Turpan depression in Xinjiang
焰
yàn
  1. 1 flame
焰火
yàn huǒ
  1. 1 fireworks
气焰
qì yàn
  1. 1 arrogance
  2. 2 haughtiness

Idioms (2)

口吐毒焰
kǒu tǔ dú yàn
  1. 1 lit. a mouth spitting with poisonous flames
  2. 2 to speak angrily to sb (idiom)
众人拾柴火焰高
zhòng rén shí chái huǒ yàn gāo
  1. 1 when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (idiom)
  2. 2 the more people, the more strength

Sample Sentences

你怎么能这么淡定呢，你不担心你家那位金屋藏娇啊？我们的婚姻法已经那么坑爹了，不给点舆论压力，岂不是更助长了出轨男人的气焰？
nǐ zěnme néng zhème dàndìng ne ，nǐ bù dānxīn nǐ jiā nà wèi jīnwūcángjiāo ā ？wǒmen de hūnyīn fǎ yǐjīng nàme kēngdiē le ，bù gěi diǎnr yúlùn yālì ，qǐbùshì gèng zhùcháng le chūguǐ nánrén de qìyàn ？
How can you be so calm? Aren't you worried about your husband taking a mistress? Our marriage law is already such a joke, so if there is no pressure from public opinion, wouldn't that just be more wind in the sails of cheating men?
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