lit. a vile character flourishes (idiom); fig. an inferior person gets into a position of power, becoming conceited and arrogant
Characters in this word
4小
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
small, tiny, few, young
- Pinyin
- xiǎo
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 245 of 2500
人
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
person; people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 30 of 2500
得
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to obtain, to get, to gain, to catch (a disease), proper, suitable, proud, contented, to allow, to permit, ready, finished
- Pinyin
- dé
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 62 of 2500
志
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aspiration, ambition, the will
- Pinyin
- zhì
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 28262 of 2500