Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「矜才使氣」 and how it’s used.
We’re presenting the idiom 「矜才使氣」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
To boast: to be self-boastful; to act on impulse: to act on impulse. Relying on one’s own talents, being arrogant and not humble.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jīn cái shǐ qì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ging1 choi4 sai2/si2 hei3
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.
