Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「得意洋洋」 and how it’s used.
The idiom being introduced now is 「得意洋洋」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.
Yangyang: a proud look. Describes the feeling of being satisfied and complacent.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dé yì yáng yáng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dak1 yi3 yeung4 yeung4
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