骄傲 (jiāo ào) — (adjective, noun) proud, pride (positive sense: feeling worthy of honor); (adjective, noun) arrogant, arrogance (negative sense: excessive self-esteem)
Definition
骄傲 covers both senses: feeling worthy of honor (e.g. 我为祖国感到骄傲) and excessive self-esteem ('arrogant'). For the positive 'proud of', 自豪 is more formal; 得意 is smugly pleased with oneself. 傲慢 is purely negative arrogance.
(adjective, noun) proudpride (positive sense: feeling worthy of honor)(adjective, noun) arrogantarrogance (negative sense: excessive self-esteem)
Examples
- 骄傲。Wǒ wèi wǒ de chéng jì gǎn dào jiāo ào.I feel proud of my grades.
- 骄傲，。Nǐ tài jiāo ào le, zhè yàng bù hǎo.You are too arrogant; that's not good.
- 骄傲。Zhè shì wǒ men guó jiā de jiāo ào.This is the pride of our country.
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