be insolent and rude(ào màn wú lǐ)

be insolent and rude

Haughty, slow and rude, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is à om à NW ú L à, meaning arrogant attitude, not polite to people. It comes from the chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, the chronicles of Wu, the biography of San Si Zhu.

The origin of Idioms

The annotation of Pei Songzhi in the chronicles of the Three Kingdoms Wu Zhi San Si Zhu Zhuan quoted Li Ren, the Minister of SUN Hao, as saying: "to treat people and kings in defiance of each other is to worship the so-called arrogance; to be arrogant is to be rude; to be rude is not to be courteous; to be not courteous is to commit a crime; to commit a crime is to be caught in an unexpected situation."

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning. The 34th chapter of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty written by Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty: "the book says that the Duke of song is arrogant and insolent. I'm so quiet that I dare not be good at it. I'd like to offer my victory to the upper kingdom. I hope you will disgrace me, and I'll put him in prison with you."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] haughty, slow and less polite [antonym] polite

Chinese PinYin : ào màn wú lǐ