自以为是 (自以為是)
zì yǐ wéi shì
Pinyin

Definition

自以为是 (自以為是)
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zì yǐ wéi shì
  1. to believe oneself infallible (idiom)
  2. to be opinionated

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

可以
kě yǐ
  1. 1 can
  2. 2 may
  3. 3 possible
  4. 4 able to
  5. 5 not bad
  6. 6 pretty good
是
shì
  1. 1 is
  2. 2 are
  3. 3 am
  4. 4 yes
  5. 5 to be
自己
zì jǐ
  1. 1 oneself
  2. 2 one's own
以
yǐ
  1. 1 old variant of 以[yǐ]
之所以
zhī suǒ yǐ
  1. 1 the reason why

Idioms (20)

一则以喜，一则以忧
yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu
  1. 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)
一是一，二是二
yī shì yī , èr shì èr
  1. 1 lit. one is one, two is two (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things are (or ought to be) perfectly clear-cut
  3. 3 unequivocal
一言以蔽之
yī yán yǐ bì zhī
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
  2. 2 in a nutshell
一身是胆
yī shēn shì dǎn
  1. 1 devoid of fear (idiom)
  2. 2 intrepid
不以人废言
bù yǐ rén fèi yán
  1. 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

Sample Sentences

主管，我不怎么想帮他，因为他有点自以为是。
zhǔguǎn ，wǒ bùzěnme xiǎng bāng tā ，yīnwèi tā yǒudiǎn zìyǐwéishì 。
Mister, I don’t really want to help him, because he is a little bit self-righteous.
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