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得意洋洋

dé yì yáng yáng

4-character word

What 得意洋洋 means

1. joyfully satisfied
2. to be immensely proud of oneself
3. proudly
4. an air of complacency

The characters in 得意洋洋

• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 洋yángocean; vast; foreign
• 洋yángocean; vast; foreign

Sounds the same

Read dé yì yáng yáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 得意扬扬variant of 得意洋洋