自 以 为 是

zìyǐwéishì

Meaning

to believe oneself infallible (idiom)
to be opinionated

Example

他自以为是。

He believes himself to be infallible.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

zìHSK 26 strokesself; oneself yǐHSK 24 strokesabbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]wèiHSK 24 strokesas (in the capacity of)shìHSK 19 strokesto be (followed by substantives only)

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