理直气壮

lǐzhíqìzhuàng

HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9 HSK 2.0 · Level 6Traditional: 理直氣壯

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.

confident, in the right

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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.

理直气壮

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