嚣张气焰 — Chinese idiom
嚣张气焰
xiāo zhāng qì yàn
Traditional: 囂張氣焰
Meaning
- overweening attitude; threatening manner
Character by character
- 嚣xiāoto make noise; to treat with contempt
- 张zhāngto display; to expand, to open; to stretch; a shee
- 气qìair, gas; steam, vapor; anger
- 焰yànflame, blaze; glowing, blazing
Idioms sharing a character
- 甚嚣尘上 shèn xiāo chén shàng
- 做张做势 zuò zhāng zuò shì
- 做张做智 zuò zhāng zuò zhì
- 剑拔弩张 jiàn bá nǔ zhāng
- 大张挞伐 dà zhāng tà fá
- 大张旗鼓 dà zhāng qí gǔ
- 大张声势 dà zhāng shēng shì
- 张三李四 Zhāng Sān Lǐ Sì
- 张冠李戴 Zhāng guān Lǐ dài
- 张口结舌 zhāng kǒu jié shé
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