| 颐指气使 |
yí zhǐ qì shǐ |
lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture / arrogant and bossy |
| 颐 |
yí |
(literary) chin; jaw / (literary) to foster; to nurture; to protect |
| 颐指 |
yí zhǐ |
to order with the chin / to indicate what one wants by facial gesture |
| 指 |
zhǐ |
finger / to point at or to / to indicate or refer to / to depend on / to count on / (of hair) to stand on end |
| 气 |
qì |
gas; air / smell / weather / to make angry; to annoy; to get angry / vital energy; qi |
| 使 |
shǐ |
to make / to cause / to enable / to use / to employ / to send / to instruct sb to do sth / envoy / messenger |