沾沾自喜
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English
- immeasurably self-satisfied
- to be pleased with oneself; to be complacent
粵語 — Cantonese
- 自己為自己感到開心
Examples
他看上去沾沾自喜。
He looks smug.
Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY
阿強贏咗第一個回合,不禁沾沾自喜。
Ah-keung won the first round and can't help feeling complacent.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk