自 zì
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 自 — self
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
自以为是
zìyǐwéishì
self-righteous; to think oneself always right
Characters in this word
为 wèi
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 丶 — dot
是 shì
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- Made of
- 日 sun 疋 roll, bolt of cloth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 最危险的专家不是无知，而是自以为是到拒绝修正判断的人。 Zuì wēixiǎn de zhuānjiā bú shì wúzhī, ér shì zìyǐwéishì dào jùjué xiūzhèng pànduàn de rén. The most dangerous expert is not the ignorant one, but the one so self-righteous that they refuse to revise their judgement.
- 他太自以为是，从来听不进别人的意见。 Tā tài zìyǐwéishì, cónglái tīng bu jìn biéren de yìjiàn. He is too convinced of his own rightness and never listens to other people's opinions.
- 别自以为是了，你的方法其实有明显漏洞。 Bié zìyǐwéishì le, nǐ de fāngfǎ qíshí yǒu míngxiǎn lòudòng. Stop thinking you are always right; your method actually has obvious flaws.