自命清高

zi6 ming6 cing1 gou1

to think of oneself as high and pure (idiom); smug and self-righteous · holier-than-thou

Meanings

  1. to think of oneself as high and pure (idiom); smug and self-righteous
  2. holier-than-thou

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