高尚
gāo shàng
Pinyin

Definition

高尚
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gāo shàng
  1. noble
  2. lofty
  3. refined
  4. exquisite

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

提高
tí gāo
  1. 1 to raise
  2. 2 to increase
  3. 3 to improve
时尚
shí shàng
  1. 1 fashion
  2. 2 fad
  3. 3 fashionable
最高
zuì gāo
  1. 1 tallest
  2. 2 highest
  3. 3 supreme (court etc)
高
Gāo
  1. 1 surname Gao
高中
gāo zhōng
  1. 1 senior high school
  2. 2 abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gāo jí zhōng xué]

Idioms (20)

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
丈二和尚，摸不着头脑
zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo
  1. 1 lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. at a total loss
三个和尚没水喝
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē
  1. 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
  3. 3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
不识高低
bù shí gāo dī
  1. 1 can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
事不关己，高高挂起
shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ
  1. 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)

Sample Sentences

再说，既然众人都醉了，您为什么不干脆就一起喝酒、一起醉？为什么要想那么多，自以为很高尚呢？害自己沦落到这个地步。
zài shuō ，jìrán zhòngrén dōu zuì le ，nín wèishénme bù gāncuì jiù yīqǐ hējiǔ 、yīqǐ zuì ？wèishénme yào xiǎng nàme duō ，zìyǐwéi hěn gāoshàng ne ？hài zìjǐ lúnluò dào zhè ge dìbù 。
Furthermore, since everyone is drunk, why don't you just drink and get drunk with everyone? Why do you have to over think everything and think of yourself as noble and above others? That's what caused you to end up like this.
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你口口声声说我们肮脏，难道你们这样绑架囚禁人类就是高尚？你把我哥哥藏到哪儿了？快说！
nǐ kǒukǒushēngshēng shuō wǒmen āngzāng ，nándào nǐmen zhèyàng bǎngjià qiújìn rénlèi jiùshì gāoshàng ？nǐ bǎ wǒ gēge cáng dào nǎr le ？kuài shuō ！
You keep saying we're filthy-- can you seriously think that kidnapping and imprisoning people like this is something noble? Where are you hiding my big brother? Quick, tell me!
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