傲慢
àomàn
arrogant, haughty
Part of speech · adjective
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 他态度傲慢,看不起别人。He is arrogant and looks down on others.
- 成功没有让她变得傲慢。Success did not make her arrogant.
Collocations
态度傲慢傲慢无礼傲慢自大高傲傲慢
Mnemonic
傲 ào "haughty" + 慢 màn "disdainful, slow": haughty and disdainful, i.e. arrogant. Same as the Korean word o-man (傲慢). A negative attitude of exalting oneself and looking down on others. 慢 means "slow" (慢车) but also "disdainful", a multi-sense character. Its opposite is 谦虚 (modest).
Related
骄傲自大高傲谦虚
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