be big with pride(jiāo ào zì mǎn)

be big with pride

Proud and complacent, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji ā o à oz ì m ǎ n, meaning look down on others, satisfied with their own achievements. It's from the record of the empress of Zhi Zhu.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: pretentious and arrogant [antonym]: modest and prudent, unsuccessful

Idiom usage

You have to know that I am not a proud and complacent person. Ba Jin's short bamboo slips disease

The origin of Idioms

Wang Ming and Qing Dynasties, the eighth volume of Huazhu Houlu, said: "since you ascend the secret, you are quite proud and complacent."

Chinese PinYin : jiāo ào zì mǎn