| 恃才傲物 |
shì cái ào wù |
(idiom) to be inordinately proud of one's ability; to be conceited and contemptuous |
| 恃 |
shì |
(bound form) to rely on / (literary) one's mother |
| 才 |
cái |
ability; talent / sb of a certain type / a capable individual / then and only then / just now / (before an expression of quantity) only / (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually |
| 才 |
cái |
(variant of 才) just now / (variant of 才) (before an expression of quantity) only |
| 傲 |
ào |
proud / arrogant / to despise / unyielding / to defy |
| 物 |
wù |
(bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself |