夜郎自大 — Chinese idiom
夜郎自大
Yè láng zì dà
Meaning
- lit. Yelang thinks highly of itself
- fig. foolish conceit
Character by character
- 夜Yènight, dark; under cover of night
- 郎lánggentleman, young man; husband
- 自zìself; private, personal; from
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
Idioms sharing a character
- 三更半夜 sān gēng bàn yè
- 俾夜作昼 bǐ yè zuò zhòu
- 夙夜匪懈 sù yè fěi xiè
- 夙兴夜寐 sù xīng yè mèi
- 夜不归宿 yè bù guī sù
- 夜不闭户 yè bù bì hù
- 夜以继日 yè yǐ jì rì
- 夜深人静 yè shēn rén jìng
- 夜行昼伏 yè xíng zhòu fú
- 夜阑人静 yè lán rén jìng
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