assume an air of self-approbation
Shaking one's head, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y á ot ó UB ǎ in ǎ o, which means shaking one's head. Describes the appearance of being proud or happy. It also describes the posture of reading and reciting. It's from "Hua Yu Hua".
The origin of Idioms
The second volume of Wang Ming Qing's "Hua Yu Hua" in Song Dynasty: "Xiang de Duanming looks like a tiger, and shaking one's head is disgusting."
Discrimination of words
Shaking one's head
Idiom usage
As a predicate, adverbial, attributive; refers to a person's manner
Chinese PinYin : yáo tóu bǎi nǎo
assume an air of self-approbation
four positions : walking , standing , sitting , lying down. xíng zhù zuò wò
modify the heaven and change the sun. yí tiān xǐ rì
look after the masses as if they were injured -- love the people. shì rén rú shāng
be highly skilled in military drill. wàn rén zhī dí