好為人師

[Glenn]

I want to check that I'm understanding this definition correctly. According to the 國語辭典, it means 喜歡做別人的老師。指人不謙虛，喜歡教導別人。 That means to like acting like other people's teacher, and it refers to someone who isn't humble, and likes to instruct others, right? So basically it's a know-it-all?

[semantic nuance]

Yes, I guess you can say that. I don't know if the phrase is necessarily to be related to 'not humble'. 好為人師 is someone who likes to impose his/her thinking on other people, like s/he is everyone's mentor.

[Yang]

It's not really know-it-all, you can take it as not humble, or just someone really willing to teach the others what he knows, in a good way.

In my opinion, not humble or just willing to teach, depends on the context.

[Glenn]

@Semantic Nuance

OK, thanks. Would you say they also don't listen to other people's opinions, because they believe they know better than everyone else?

@Yang

Do you disagree with 指人不謙虛? I'm trying to make sure I understood that right.

[skylee]

I agree with Semantic Nuance.

[Glenn]

Thanks, skylee.

[semantic nuance]

they believe they know better than everyone else?

Perhaps unconsciously they are. A person who 好為人師 likes to instruct / preach / explicate what s/he thinks is right. Accepting other people's opinions or not, s/he will keep blah blah blahing.

[Yang]

I agree with semantic nuance too.

[Glenn]

Thanks, guys!