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We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「心高氣傲」.

In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「心高氣傲」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.

He has an arrogant attitude and thinks he is superior to others.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xīn gāo qì ào

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sam1 gou1 hei3 ngou6

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