自高自大 meaning in Chinese
have a high opinion of oneself; arrogant; assume great airs; be above oneself; be as vain as a peacock; be conscious of one's importance; be disgustingly self-satisfied;be full of conceit; be on [get on] the high horse; be self-assertive; conceited; get too big for one's boots [breeches; shoes]; go about with one's head in the air; high-blown; imagine oneself to be superior to others; look down upon all others; have an overweening opinion of oneself; self-important and self-exalted;think highly of oneself; swelled head; swollenheaded
Examples
- He was neither arrogant nor corrupt .
他既不自高自大，也不腐化堕落。 - He was well-dressed and very standoffish .
他衣着很讲究而且很自高自大。 - He is conceited and shortsighted .
他自高自大，目光短浅。 - He was a sour, disappointed fellow, and a conceited one .
他辛酸、失望，同时又自高自大。 - Slote thought van winaker a pompous nuisance .
斯鲁特认为范怀南格是个自高自大的讨厌鬼。