颐指气使
yí​zhǐ​qì​shǐ

to be bossy

  • created sense approved 颐指气使/頤指氣使 · yí​zhǐ​qì​shǐ · to be bossy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    颐指气使 / 頤指氣使

    yí​zhǐ​qì​shǐ

    to be bossy

    lit. to order people by pointing one's chin; to be insufferably arrogant or bossy to others by using facial expressions and gestures to signal orders

    颐指 (literal) → 颐指/頤指 · yí​zhǐ · to command with a look 气 (literal) → 气/氣 · qì · manner 使 (literal) → 使 · shǐ · to send

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

    created sense