清高
qīng gāo
Pinyin

Definition

清高
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qīng gāo
  1. noble and virtuous
  2. aloof from politics and material pursuits

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

提高
tí gāo
  1. 1 to raise
  2. 2 to increase
  3. 3 to improve
最高
zuì gāo
  1. 1 tallest
  2. 2 highest
  3. 3 supreme (court etc)
清
Qīng
  1. 1 Qing or Ch'ing dynasty of imperial China (1644-1911)
  2. 2 surname Qing
清新
Qīng xīn
  1. 1 Qingxin county in Qingyuan 清远, Guangdong
清楚
qīng chu
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 distinct
  3. 3 to understand thoroughly
  4. 4 to be clear about

Idioms (20)

一清二楚
yī qīng èr chǔ
  1. 1 to be very clear about sth (idiom)
一清二白
yī qīng èr bái
  1. 1 perfectly clean
  2. 2 blameless
  3. 3 unimpeachable (idiom)
一清如水
yī qīng rú shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
一见高低
yī jiàn gāo dī
  1. 1 lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to cross swords with
  3. 3 to lock horns
不识高低
bù shí gāo dī
  1. 1 can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what

Sample Sentences

奇怪，她又没招你惹你，你要这么说她？而且社会上跟你一样无聊的人还真不少，什么都看不惯，显得自己多清高，多有水平似的。可怜人家章子怡，外表看着风光，活得还真不容易啊。
qíguài ，tā yòu méi zhāo nǐ rě nǐ ，nǐ yào zhème shuō tā ？érqiě shèhuì shàng gēn nǐ yīyàng wúliáo de rén hái zhēn bùshǎo ，shénme dōu kànbuguàn ，xiǎnde zìjǐ duō qīnggāo ，duō yǒu shuǐpíng shìde 。kělián rénjiā zhāng Zǐyí ，wàibiǎo kànzhe fēngguāng ，huó de hái zhēn bù róngyì a 。
It's not like she intentionally offended you, Why would you say such things about her? There are many people like you who pick on anything and anyone as if they themselves were flawless and intelligent. Poor Zhang Ziyi. She might seem glamorous on the outside, but what a tough life!
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当然要肤白貌美啦，脸蛋美身材佳，外在具有足够吸引力，才能激起我继续探索她们的内在，我是不会说什么性格最重要，外表不在乎那种自命清高的话的。
dāngrán yào fūbái màoměi la ，liǎndàn měi shēncái jiā ，wàizài jùyǒu zúgòu xīyǐnlì ，cáinéng jīqǐ wǒ jìxù tànsuǒ tāmen de nèizài ，wǒ shì bùhuì shuō shénme xìnggé zuì zhòngyào ，wàibiǎo bù zàihu nà zhǒng zì mìng qīnggāo de huà de 。
Of course she has to be a pale-skinned beauty, with a beautiful face and a great body. She has to have enough physical charm to make me interested in getting to know her better. I'm not the type to be self-righteous enough to say that personality is the most important thing.
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