飞扬跋扈
飞扬跋扈
fēi yáng bá hù
bossy and domineering; throwing one's weight about
Traditional: 飛揚跋扈
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- bossy and domineering
- throwing one's weight about
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Related Words
跋扈(bá hù)— domineering
→孔融让梨(Kǒng Róng ràng lí)— Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融[Kong3 Rong2] picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty
→大小姐(dà xiǎo jie)— eldest daughter of an affluent family
→颐指气使(yí zhǐ qì shǐ)— lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture
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