- lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture
- arrogant and bossy
Characters
- 颐 (頤): cheek; lower cheek; chin; jaw; to nourish
- 指 (指): finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- 气 (氣): gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi
- 使 (使): to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
Resources
- Wiktionary: 颐指气使
- MDBG: 颐指气使
- Examples with 颐指气使 on Tatoeba
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