See 趾高氣揚 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "The Mo'ao will certainly be defeated. He walks high in his steps; ― his mind is not firm.",
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"ref": " Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
"roman": "Mò'áo bì bài. Jǔ zhǐ gāo, xīn bù gù yǐ.",
"tags": [
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"text": "莫敖必敗。舉趾高，心不固矣。",
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"english": "The Mo'ao will certainly be defeated. He walks high in his steps; ― his mind is not firm.",
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"tags": [
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"text": "莫敖必败。举趾高，心不固矣。",
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"etymology_text": "From the book Zuozhuan",
"forms": [
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"form": "趾高气扬",
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"form": "足高氣揚"
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"literal_meaning": "to walk with a high-stepping gait and look proud",
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"(derogatory) to be on one's high horse; to be very self-righteous; to be arrogant"
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"word": "趾氣高揚／趾气高扬"
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"word": "趾氣高揚"
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"zh-pron": "zhǐgāoqìyáng"
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"zh-pron": "ㄓˇ ㄍㄠ ㄑㄧˋ ㄧㄤˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
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"zh-pron": "zi² gou¹ hei³ joeng⁴"
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"zh-pron": "zhǐgāoqìyáng"
},
{
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"zh-pron": "jhǐhgaocìyáng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
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],
"zh-pron": "chih³-kao¹-chʻi⁴-yang²"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
"zh-pron": "jř-gāu-chì-yáng"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
"zh-pron": "jyygauchihyang"
},
{
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"zh-pron": "чжигаоциян"
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{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
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"zh-pron": "čžigaocijan"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵/",
"tags": [
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"zh-pron": "jí gōu hei yèuhng"
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{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
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"zh-pron": "dzi² gou¹ hei³ joeng⁴"
},
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"zh-pron": "ji² gou¹ héi³ yêng⁴"
},
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"ipa": "/t͡siː³⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ hei̯³³ jœːŋ²¹/",
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},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siː³⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ hei̯³³ jœːŋ²¹/"
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"word": "趾高氣揚"
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"english": "The Mo'ao will certainly be defeated. He walks high in his steps; ― his mind is not firm.",
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],
"ref": " Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
"roman": "Mò'áo bì bài. Jǔ zhǐ gāo, xīn bù gù yǐ.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
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"text": "莫敖必敗。舉趾高，心不固矣。",
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"Pinyin"
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"text": "莫敖必败。举趾高，心不固矣。",
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{
"form": "足高氣揚"
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"literal_meaning": "to walk with a high-stepping gait and look proud",
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"glosses": [
"to be on one's high horse; to be very self-righteous; to be arrogant"
],
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[
"on one's high horse",
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[
"arrogant",
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"(derogatory) to be on one's high horse; to be very self-righteous; to be arrogant"
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"zh-pron": "zhǐgāoqìyáng"
},
{
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"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄓˇ ㄍㄠ ㄑㄧˋ ㄧㄤˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "zi² gou¹ hei³ joeng⁴"
},
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"zh-pron": "zhǐgāoqìyáng"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "jhǐhgaocìyáng"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
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"zh-pron": "chih³-kao¹-chʻi⁴-yang²"
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"zh-pron": "jř-gāu-chì-yáng"
},
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"zh-pron": "jyygauchihyang"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "чжигаоциян"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "čžigaocijan"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jí gōu hei yèuhng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "dzi² gou¹ hei³ joeng⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ji² gou¹ héi³ yêng⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siː³⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ hei̯³³ jœːŋ²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siː³⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ hei̯³³ jœːŋ²¹/"
}
],
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"word": "趾氣高揚／趾气高扬"
},
{
"word": "趾氣高揚"
},
{
"word": "趾气高扬"
}
],
"word": "趾高氣揚"
}
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