to assume unwarranted authority
- 拿 verbprepositionto treat asUsed to show how someone or something is regarded or handled, often in the pattern "take A as B".
- 着 著 particle[continuous]Shows that an action is currently happening or that a state is continuing; often appears before a second verb to show how the second action is being done.
- chicken feather
- 当 當 verbto treat asTo regard as; to treat as; to take for; to think (mistakenly)
- token of authority(archaic) an arrow-shaped token used in ancient Chinese military to signify command or authority
to make a big fuss
- 拿 verbprepositionto treat asUsed to show how someone or something is regarded or handled, often in the pattern "take A as B".
- 着 著 particle[continuous]Shows that an action is currently happening or that a state is continuing; often appears before a second verb to show how the second action is being done.
- trivialsomething small and unimportant; trivial
- 当 當 verbto treat asTo regard as; to treat as; to take for; to think (mistakenly)
- mandatean instruction or pretext used to justify one's actions, especially in the idiom 拿着鸡毛当令箭