{"path":"/entry/103556","title":"踌躇满志 / 躊躇滿志 (chóu chú mǎn zhì) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"踌躇满志 / 躊躇滿志 (chóu chú mǎn zhì): enormously proud of one's success (idiom) · smug. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":103556,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["踌躇满志"],"TRADITIONAL":["躊躇滿志"]}},"phonetic":"chóu chú mǎn zhì","phoneticKey":"chou2 chu2 man3 zhi4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"enormously proud of one's success ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"smug","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"complacent","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["ADVERB","ADJECTIVE","IDIOM"],"frequency":57301,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"First attested in Zhuangzi.","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"提刀而立，为之四顾，为之踌躇满志，善刀而藏之。","traditional":"提刀而立，為之四顧，為之躊躇滿志，善刀而藏之。"},"phonetic":"Tídāo ér lì, wèizhī sìgù, wèizhī chóuchú mǎnzhì, shàn dāo ér cáng zhī.","english":"Then standing up with the knife in my hand, I look all round, and in a leisurely manner, with an air of satisfaction, wipe it clean, and put it in its sheath.","ref":"Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}