居功自傲
jū​gōng​zì'ào

to rest on one's laurels

  • created reference approved 居功自傲 → 功成不居 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    居功自傲 jū​gōng​zì'ào

    功成不居 gōng​chéng​bù​jū

    antonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 居功自傲 · jū​gōng​zì'ào · to rest on one's laurels — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    居功自傲

    jū​gōng​zì'ào

    to rest on one's laurels

    to be satisfied with one's accomplishment and arrogant as a result; to take all the credit and look down on others

    居功 (literal) → 居功 · jū​gōng · to claim credit 自傲 (literal) → 自傲 · zì'ào · arrogant

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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