志 得 意 满

zhì dé yì mǎndictionary entry

fully content with one's achievements (idiom) / complacent

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Original source entry:

志得意滿志得意满 [zhi4 de2 yi4 man3] /fully content with one's achievements (idiom)/complacent/

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Other forms in these source records: 志得意滿

志
zhì
aspiration / ambition / the will / sign / mark / to record / to write a footnote
得
dé
to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished
dè
used in 得瑟[dè se]
de
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
děi
to have to / must / ought to / to need to
意
yì
(bound form) idea / thought / meaning / sense / (bound form) intention / feeling / inclination / state of mind / (bound form) Italy (abbr. for 意大利[Yì dà lì])
满
mǎn
to fill / full / filled / packed / fully / completely / quite / to reach the limit / to satisfy / satisfied / contented
Mǎn
Manchu ethnic group

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