ride high(dé yì yáng yáng)

ride high

Deyiyang is a Chinese idiom pronounced D é y ì y á ngy á ng. It is used to describe a person who is very satisfied, happy and full of air. It comes from the biography of Guan Yan in historical records by Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty: "high spirited, very complacent."

Idioms and allusions

[source] Sima Qian's biography of Guan Yan in historical records in the Western Han Dynasty: "he is full of spirit and complacency." Just now I saw him and Hu Zongyu come out of the academic affairs office and openly threatened that someone was going to make a decision. The whirlpool by Zheng Zhenduo.

Discrimination of words

It refers to complacency. [example] Chapter 18 of biography of heroes and heroines by Wen Kang of Qing Dynasty: "if none of them beat him, he was right to show off his skills. [idiom story] in the spring and Autumn period, Yan Ying, the Prime Minister of the three dynasties of the state of Qi, was in a high position, but he was calm and courteous, while his coachman thought he could drive for the prime minister. When the driver's wife saw him, she told him that he should learn from Yan Ying. From then on, the driver became very humble. Yan Ying thought that he would correct his mistakes and perform well.

Chinese PinYin : dé yì yáng yáng