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昂首天外

Mandarin · pinyin áng shǒu tiān wài

(idiom) to raise one's head and look towards the heavens
(idiom) arrogant; haughty

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昂: áng · rise, raise; proud, bold; upright
首: shǒu · head; first; leader, chief; a poem; Kangxi radical 185
天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
外: wài · out, outside, external; foreign

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2–3–1–4 · ang2 shou3 tian1 wai4

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