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小人得志
xiǎo rén dé zhì
What 小人得志 means
- lit. a vile character flourishes (idiom)
- fig. an inferior person gets into a position of power, becoming conceited and arrogant
The characters in 小人得志
- 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few
- 人rénperson; people
- 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
- 志zhìaspiration; ambition; the will
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