称孤道寡 chēnggūdàoguǎ to style oneself king Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 称孤道寡 稱孤道寡 chēnggūdàoguǎ to style oneself king To call oneself a monarch or ruler (historically, sovereigns referred to themselves as 孤 gū or 寡人 guǎrén) to lord it over others To act in a self-important, overbearing, or arrogant manner, setting oneself up as a leader or boss Frequency Written text 0.017 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
称孤道寡 稱孤道寡 chēnggūdàoguǎ to style oneself king To call oneself a monarch or ruler (historically, sovereigns referred to themselves as 孤 gū or 寡人 guǎrén) to lord it over others To act in a self-important, overbearing, or arrogant manner, setting oneself up as a leader or boss Frequency Written text 0.017 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)