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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

自命不凡

zìmìngbùfán

to think too much of oneself

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to think too much of oneself

02

self-important

03

arrogant

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 自命不凡 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 自命不凡 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

尼采认为,哲学家应该少一点自命不凡,多关注人的价值问题,而不是抽象的体系。ní cǎi rèn wéi, zhé xué jiā yīng gāi shǎo yì diǎn zì mìng bù fán, duō guān zhù rén de jià zhí wèn tí, ér bú shì chōu xiàng de tǐ xì。

Nietzsche believes philosophers should stop riding their high horse and focus more on people's differences in values, instead of abstract systems.

自恋的人往往自命不凡,轻蔑和屈尊俯就于他人的意见,与此同时,对赞美和肯定有着迫切的需求。zì liàn de rén wǎng wǎng zì mìng bù fán, qīng miè hé qū zūn fǔ jiù yú tā rén de yì jiàn, yǔ cǐ tóng shí, duì zàn měi hé kěn dìng yǒu zhe pò qiè de xū qiú。

Narcissists are often snobbish, disdainful and patronising of others' opinions, while, at the same time, having an overwhelming need for admiration and reassurance.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 自命不凡.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 自命不凡.

Directly before

  • 一点自命不凡1
  • 往往自命不凡1

Directly after

  • No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 自命不凡

What does 自命不凡 mean in Chinese?

自命不凡 (zìmìngbùfán) means to think too much of oneself.

How do you pronounce 自命不凡?

自命不凡 is pronounced zìmìngbùfán.

Is 自命不凡 an HSK word?

自命不凡 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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