Chinese education begins with characters, continues with phrases, and grows into idioms. This free lesson covers the idiom 「傲賢慢士」. Learn its usage below.
The featured idiom 「傲賢慢士」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.
Xian: A person with talent and virtue. Scholar: a scholar or a talented person. Treat people of virtue and talent with arrogance.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
ào xián màn shì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ngou6 yin4 maan6 si6/si2
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