扬眉吐气
yáng​méi​tǔ​qì

to feel proud and elated

  • created reference approved 扬眉吐气/揚眉吐氣 → 吐气扬眉/吐氣揚眉 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    扬眉吐气 / 揚眉吐氣 yáng​méi​tǔ​qì

    吐气扬眉 / 吐氣揚眉 tǔ​qì​yáng​méi

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 扬眉吐气/揚眉吐氣 · yáng​méi​tǔ​qì · to feel proud and elated — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    扬眉吐气 / 揚眉吐氣

    yáng​méi​tǔ​qì

    to feel proud and elated

    To feel a sense of relief and pride after being freed from long-term oppression or hardship; literally to raise one's eyebrows and exhale a pent-up breath.

    扬 (literal) → 扬/揚 · yáng · to raise 眉 (literal) → 眉 · méi · eyebrow 吐 (literal) → 吐 · tǔ · to say 气 (literal) → 气/氣 · qì · morale

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

    created sense