颐指气使 — Chinese idiom
颐指气使
yí zhǐ qì shǐ
Traditional: 頤指氣使
Meaning
- lit. to order people by pointing the chin ; to signal orders by facial gesture
- arrogant and bossy
Character by character
- 颐yícheeks, jaw; chin; rear; to nourish
- 指zhǐfinger, toe; to point, to indicate
- 气qìair, gas; steam, vapor; anger
- 使shǐcause, mission, orders; envoy, messenger, ambassad
Idioms sharing a character
- 大快朵颐 dà kuài duǒ yí
- 颐性养寿 yí xìng yǎng shòu
- 颐指风使 yí zhǐ fēng shǐ
- 颐养天年 yí yǎng tiān nián
- 一弹指顷 yī tán zhǐ qǐng
- 了如指掌 liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng
- 令人发指 lìng rén fà zhǐ
- 如臂使指 rú bì shǐ zhǐ
- 屈指可数 qū zhǐ kě shǔ
- 弹指之间 tán zhǐ zhī jiān
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