Complacent in Chinese
complacent · HSK 4
得意
- 得 to obtain
- 意 idea
考了第一名，他很得意。 He was very pleased with himself for coming first in the exam.
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How do you say complacent in Chinese?
Complacent in Chinese is 得意 (dé yì).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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