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自以为是

zì yǐ wéi shì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 自以為是

自以为是 (zì yǐ wéi shì) means "to believe oneself infallible (idiom); to be opinionated". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 自以为是 means

1. to believe oneself infallible (idiom)
2. to be opinionated

The characters in 自以为是

• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 以yǐto use; by means of; according to
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…

Example sentences

• 他自以为是。
  Tā zìyǐwéishì.
  He believes himself to be infallible.

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