ào

  1. ào adjective proud; haughty; overbearing
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 骄傲 (ABC 'ào' 傲 sv, p. 8; Guoyu '傲' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '傲' 1a, p. 5; Mathews 1931 '傲', p. 8; NCCED '傲' 1, p. 20; Unihan '傲')
  2. ào adjective unyielding; brave
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As n 傲骨 (ABC 'ào' 傲 bf, p. 8; Guoyu '傲' adj 2)
  3. ào adjective high-born
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '傲' 1, p. 5)
  4. ào adjective complacent
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '傲' 1b, p. 5)
  5. ào adjective to be disdainful
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 轻视 (Kroll 2015 '傲' 1c, p. 5; Guoyu '傲' v; NCCED '傲' 2, p. 20)
  6. ào noun impatience
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 急躁 (Guoyu '傲' n; Kroll 2015 '傲' 2, p. 5)

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傲慢与偏见

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