旁若无人
páng​ruò​wú​rén

as if no one else were present

  • created sense approved 旁若无人/旁若無人 · páng​ruò​wú​rén · as if no one else were present — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    旁若无人 / 旁若無人

    páng​ruò​wú​rén

    as if no one else were present

    To act or speak as though there were nobody else around; describes being natural and unselfconscious, or being supercilious and having no regard for others.

    旁 (literal) → 旁 · páng · side 若 (literal) → 若 · ruò · to seem 无人 (literal) → 无人/無人 · wú​rén · no one

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

    created sense