妄自尊大

Chinese

		absurd; fantastic	from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	to honour	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
trad. (妄自尊大)		妄	自	尊	大
simp. #(妄自尊大)		妄	自	尊	大

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàngzìzūndà

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄗˋ ㄗㄨㄣ ㄉㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁵ zi⁶ zyun¹ daai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàngzìzūndà
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄗˋ ㄗㄨㄣ ㄉㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàngzìhzundà
    • Wade–Giles: wang⁴-tzŭ⁴-tsun¹-ta⁴
    • Yale: wàng-dz̀-dzwūn-dà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanqtzyhtzuendah
    • Palladius: ванцзыцзуньда (vanczyczunʹda)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ tä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mong⁵ zi⁶ zyun¹ daai⁶
    • Yale: móhng jih jyūn daaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁵ dzi⁶ dzyn¹ daai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mong⁵ ji⁶ jun¹ dai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ¹³ t͡siː²² t͡syːn⁵⁵ taːi̯²²/

Idiom

妄自尊大

1. to be arrogant; to be self-important; to suffer from megalomania

   • 我們的許多同志，喜歡對黨外人員妄自尊大，看人家不起，藐視人家，而不願尊重人家，不願了解人家的長處。 [MSC, trad.]
     我们的许多同志，喜欢对党外人员妄自尊大，看人家不起，藐视人家，而不愿尊重人家，不愿了解人家的长处。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《整頓黨的作風》 (Rectify the Party's Style of Work), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Wǒmen de xǔduō tóngzhì, xǐhuan duì dǎngwài rényuán wàngzìzūndà, kàn rénjia bùqǐ, miǎoshì rénjia, ér bù yuàn zūnzhòng rénjia, bù yuàn liǎojiě rénjia de chángchù. [Pinyin]

     Many of our comrades tend to be overbearing in their relations with non-Party people, look down upon them, despise or refuse to respect them or appreciate their strong points.