恃寵而驕
shì​chǒng'ér​jiāo

to be spoiled by favor

  • created sense approved 恃宠而骄/恃寵而驕 · shì​chǒng'ér​jiāo · to be spoiled by favor — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    恃宠而骄 / 恃寵而驕

    shì​chǒng'ér​jiāo

    to be spoiled by favor

    To be haughty or arrogant because one is favored or loved by a superior

    恃 (literal) → 恃 · shì · to rely on 宠 (literal) → 宠/寵 · chǒng · favor 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 骄 (literal) → 骄/驕 · jiāo · proud

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

    created sense