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目中无人

mùzhōngwúrén

arrogant; to look down on everyone

A person with their nose in the air walking past others
Memory picture

Characters in this word

目 mù

Strokes
5
Radical
目 — eye
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
More about the character 目

中 zhōng

Strokes
4
Radical
丨 — vertical stroke
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

无 wú

Strokes
4
Radical
无 — no, not
Made of
一 one 尢 weak, lame

人 rén

Strokes
2
Radical
人 — man, person
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 他取得一点成绩就目中无人,同事们都不愿意理他。 Tā qǔdé yìdiǎn chéngjì jiù mùzhōngwúrén, tóngshìmen dōu bú yuànyì lǐ tā. As soon as he achieved a little success he became arrogant, and his colleagues don't want to bother with him.
  • 这位新来的经理说话目中无人,让大家很不舒服。 Zhè wèi xīn lái de jīnglǐ shuōhuà mùzhōngwúrén, ràng dàjiā hěn bù shūfu. The new manager talks as if no one else matters, which makes everyone uncomfortable.
  • 他骄傲得目中无人,连老师的建议也不听。 Tā jiāo'ào de mùzhōngwúrén, lián lǎoshī de jiànyì yě bù tīng. He is so proud that he looks down on everyone and ignores even his teacher's advice.

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