zì míng dé yì

Traditional: 自鳴得意

自鸣得意 (zì míng dé yì) is a Chinese word meaning “to think highly of oneself”.

Meanings

  1. 1to think highly of oneself

Characters in 自鸣得意

自zì · (bound form) self; oneself鸣míng · to cry (of birds, animals and insects)得dé · to obtain意yì · (bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense

Related words

得to obtain得used in 得瑟[de4 se5]得structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc得to have to自己oneself; (attributive) one's own觉得to think that ...; to feel that ...意思idea记得to remember得到to get; to obtain; to receive愿意to wish注意to take note of; to pay attention to主意plan

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