人莫予毒

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Chinese

man; person; people do not; there is none who to give; I poison; narcotics
trad. (人莫予毒)
simp. #(人莫予毒)
Literally: “no one dare harm me”.

Etymology

Found in the chapters 僖公二十八年 (28th year of Duke Xi) and 宣公十二年 (12th year of Duke Xuan) of (deprecated template usage) 左傳 (Zuo zhuan), in the form 莫余毒也已」.

Pronunciation


Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 人莫予毒

  1. arrogant; conceited

Synonyms