lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture; arrogant and bossy
trad. 頤指氣使
Also written 頤指氣使【yí zhǐ qì shǐ】
Characters in this word
4颐
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(literary) chin; jaw, (literary) to foster; to nurture; to protect
- Pinyin
- yí
- Traditional
- 頤
- Strokes
- 13
指
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finger, to point at or to, to indicate or refer to, to depend on, to count on, (of hair) to stand on end
- Pinyin
- zhǐ
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 1173 of 2500
气
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gas; air, smell, weather, to make angry; to annoy; to get angry, vital energy; qi
- Pinyin
- qì
- Traditional
- 氣
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 2219 of 2500
使
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to make, to cause, to enable, to use, to employ, to send, to instruct sb to do sth, envoy, messenger
- Pinyin
- shǐ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 629 of 2500