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目中無人

简目中无人 · 繁目中無人

Mandarin · pinyin mù zhōng wú rén

to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters
condescending
to go about with one's nose in the air

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目: mù · eye; look, see; division, topic; Kangxi radical 109
中: zhōng · central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain
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人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71

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4–1–2–2 · mu4 zhong1 wu2 ren2

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muk6 zung1 mou4 jan4

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(idiomatic) to be prideful; to be haughty; to be arrogant

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