like to lecture others; enjoy posing as a teacher
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to enjoy lecturing others; to be fond of playing the teacher
formalThis idiom is often used in a negative or critical sense to describe someone who is pedantic, arrogant, and eager to give unsolicited advice. It implies a lack of humility. The character 好 is pronounced 'hào' (fourth tone), meaning 'to like' or 'to be fond of'. It is typically used in formal or semi-formal contexts.
He always enjoys lecturing others and is meddlesome about other people's work.
Although this old professor is profoundly knowledgeable, he never puts on airs or enjoys posing as a teacher.
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His fondness for lecturing others is his biggest flaw; his colleagues don't really enjoy talking with him.
In the discussion, he should listen more instead of constantly playing the teacher.
This kind of know-it-all attitude is off-putting.