恃才傲物
shì​cái'ào​wù

to be conceited and contemptuous

  • created sense approved 恃才傲物 · shì​cái'ào​wù · to be conceited and contemptuous — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    恃才傲物

    shì​cái'ào​wù

    to be conceited and contemptuous

    to be inordinately proud of one's own ability and look down on others

    恃 (literal) → 恃 · shì · to rely on 才 (literal) → 才 · cái · talent 傲物 (literal) → 傲物 · ào​wù · haughty

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

    created sense