居功自傲

satisfied with one's accomplishment and arrogant as a result (idiom); resting on one's laurels and despising others

Characters and words in 居功自傲

surname Ju
(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude
to reside / to be (in a certain position) / to store up / to be at a standstill / residence / house / restaurant / classifier for bedrooms

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 寄居蟹, ji4ju1xie4, a hermite crab.

A ghost is haunting Zeus and the hermite crab in front of the space station. While the hermite crab is able to retreat into the cloister it uses as shell, Zeus can only float away in horror.
to claim credit for oneself
meritorious deed or service / achievement / result / service / accomplishment / work (physics)

= + : Gitta Giraffe (gu) practices her Kung Fu skills (功) in front of the engine ((e)ng1) with a sparring robot made out of steel beams (工). The robot is programmed to fight Kung Fu (功), but Gitta Giraffe's Kung Fu is better: she hits the robots power button (力) and turns it off.
self / oneself / from / since / naturally / surely

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a hand mirror, which someone uses to look at themselves.

The Eye of Providence (目) is looking at itself (自) in a handheld mirror (自) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). It think it's indeed looking very good, since Zorro (z) attached a petal (丶) to its eye (目).
arrogance / proud of sth
proud / arrogant / to despise / unyielding / to defy

= + : Rosa Luxemburg (亻), Albert Einstein (Ø) and the wanderer (敖) want to use the aorta's bathroom (ao4) all at the same time. Each of them is very arrogant (傲) and thinks that they is so awesome that they deserves to use the bathroom first. The wanderer exclaims that he has roamed the whole world. Albert Einstein proudly tells of his discovery of relativity. And Rosa exclaims how she led the masses to protest against capitalism. After all they are equally arrogant (傲) and thus can still not decide who gets to use the bathroom first.

Words with 居功自傲

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