踌躇满志 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• enormously proud of one's success ; smug
• complacent

Character by character

• 踌chóuto falter, to hesitate; smug, self-satisfied
• 躇chúto hesitate, to falter; undecided
• 满mǎnto fill; full, packed; satisfied
• 志zhìdetermination, will; mark, sign; to record, to wri

Idioms sharing a character

• 功完行满 gōng wán xíng mǎn
• 功德圆满 gōng dé yuán mǎn
• 名满天下 míng mǎn tiān xià
• 心满意足 xīn mǎn yì zú
• 志得意满 zhì dé yì mǎn
• 恶贯满盈 è guàn mǎn yíng
• 泪流满面 lèi liú mǎn miàn
• 满不在乎 mǎn bù zài hu
• 满坑满谷 mǎn kēng mǎn gǔ
• 满城风雨 mǎn chéng fēng yǔ

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