# 理直气壮 (lǐzhíqìzhuàng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 理直气壮 (lǐzhíqìzhuàng) means “confident, in the right”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: confident, in the right
- Pinyin: lǐzhíqìzhuàng (li3 zhi2 qi4 zhuang4)
- Traditional: 理直氣壯
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 他明明做错了，还那么理直气壮。
  Tā míngmíng zuòcuò le, hái nàme lǐzhíqìzhuàng.
  He clearly did wrong, yet he acts so self-righteously confident.

## Characters

- [理](https://hanziro.com/word/li-pay-attention/) (lǐ): to pay attention to; reason
- [直](https://hanziro.com/word/zhi-straight/) (zhí): straight; to straighten
- [气](https://hanziro.com/word/qi-air/) (qì): air; gas
- [壮](https://hanziro.com/word/zhuang-strong/) (zhuàng): strong; robust

https://hanziro.com/word/li-zhi-qi-zhuang-confident-in-right/

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