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盛气凌人

shèng qì líng rén

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 盛氣凌人

盛气凌人 (shèng qì líng rén) means "overbearing; arrogant bully". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 盛气凌人 means

1. overbearing
2. arrogant bully

The characters in 盛气凌人

• 盛shèngflourishing; vigorous; magnificent
• 气qìgas; air; smell; weather
• 凌língto approach; to rise high; thick ice
• 人rénperson; people

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