鼻孔朝天 — Chinese idiom
鼻孔朝天
bí kǒng cháo tiān
Meaning
- (lit.) to have one's nose in the air
- (fig.) arrogant; haughty
Character by character
- 鼻bínose; first
- 孔kǒngopening, hole, orifice; great
- 朝cháoto face; direct, facing; dynasty; morning
- 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
Idioms sharing a character
- 仰人鼻息 yǎng rén bí xī
- 异香扑鼻 yì xiāng pū bí
- 香味扑鼻 xiāng wèi pū bí
- 鼻青眼肿 bí qīng yǎn zhǒng
- 一孔之见 yī kǒng zhī jiàn
- 孔武有力 kǒng wǔ yǒu lì
- 无孔不钻 wú kǒng bù zuān
- 一朝一夕 yī zhāo yī xī
- 人生朝露 rén shēng zhāo lù
- 危如朝露 wēi rú zhāo lù
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