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颐指气使
yí zhǐ qì shǐ
What 颐指气使 means
- lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture
- arrogant and bossy
The characters in 颐指气使
- 颐yí(literary) chin; jaw; (literary) to foster; to nurture; to protect
- 指zhǐfinger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to
- 气qìgas; air; smell; weather
- 使shǐto make; to cause; to enable
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