order people about by arrogant(yí zhǐ qì shǐ)

order people about by arrogant

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y í zh ǐ Q ì sh ǐ, which means not to speak, only to use facial expressions. It describes the arrogance of a powerful person in commanding others. From Tang Yuanzhen's pursuit of Li Xun's mother Cui's emperor of Boling County

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] domineering, swaggering, high spirited [antonym] submissive, humble, servile

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning and refers to arrogant attitude. Lin Ping's "from the three insects of summer". According to the biography of Yang Guozhong in the old book of the Tang Dynasty, "at the time of the establishment of the dynasty, I was always at the command of the government, and I was afraid." Yuan Zhen of Tang Dynasty wrote "the system of pursuing Li Xun's mother Cui's emperor in Boling county": "today, there are thousands of Li Xun's land and thousands of Lu Zhong's, all of them are obedient, and those who are short of it are just thinking of the wind and the cold spring." All of them give orders to others. ——In the history of the Old Five Dynasties, biography of Li Zhenchuan and Zizhitongjian, Tangji, the second year of emperor Zhaoxuan's Tianyou, it is said that "when you see the scholars in the dynasty, you are all at your command

The origin of Idioms

Yuan Zhen of the Tang Dynasty, in pursuing the title of Li Xun's mother Cui's emperor of Boling County, said: "today, I have a lot of land; I have a lot of money; I give orders; I am obedient; what I can't do is to think of the wind and the cold spring."

Chinese PinYin : yí zhǐ qì shǐ