自鸣得意 (自鳴得意)
zì míng dé yì
Pinyin
Definition
自鸣得意 (自鳴得意)
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- to think highly of oneself
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to come from (a place)
- 2 From: (in email header)
- 1 to obtain
- 2 to get
- 3 to gain
- 4 to catch (a disease)
- 5 proper
- 6 suitable
- 7 proud
- 8 contented
- 9 to allow
- 10 to permit
- 11 ready
- 12 finished
- 1 to get
- 2 to obtain
- 3 to receive
- 1 to obtain
- 2 to receive
- 3 to get
- 1 self
- 2 oneself
- 3 from
- 4 since
- 5 naturally
- 6 surely
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一意孤行
- 1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
- 2 willful
- 3 one's own way
- 4 dogmatic
一举两得
- 1 one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
一蹴而得
- 1 to get there in one step (idiom); easily done
- 2 success at a stroke
- 3 to get results overnight
三心二意
- 1 in two minds about sth (idiom)
- 2 half-hearted
- 3 shilly-shallying