浮薄
fú bó
Pinyin

Definition

浮薄
 - 
fú bó
  1. frivolous
  2. philandering

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

微薄
wēi bó
  1. 1 scanty
  2. 2 meager
浮云
fú yún
  1. 1 floating clouds
  2. 2 fleeting
  3. 3 transient
薄
Bó
  1. 1 surname Bo
刻薄
kè bó
  1. 1 unkind
  2. 2 harsh
  3. 3 cutting
  4. 4 mean
  5. 5 acrimony
  6. 6 to embezzle by making illegal deductions
厚积薄发
hòu jī bó fā
  1. 1 lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)
  2. 2 good preparation is the key to success
  3. 3 to be well prepared
单薄
dān bó
  1. 1 weak
  2. 2 frail
  3. 3 thin
  4. 4 flimsy
如履薄冰
rú lu:3 bó bīng
  1. 1 lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be extremely cautious
  3. 3 to be skating on thin ice
悬浮
xuán fú
  1. 1 to float (in the air etc)
  2. 2 suspension
沉浮
chén fú
  1. 1 lit. sinking and floating
  2. 2 to bob up and down on water
  3. 3 ebb and flow
  4. 4 fig. rise and fall
  5. 5 ups and downs of fortune
  6. 6 vicissitudes
浮上
fú shàng
  1. 1 to float up
  2. 2 to rise to the surface
  3. 3 fig. to rise in the world
浮出
fú chū
  1. 1 to emerge
浮动
fú dòng
  1. 1 to float and drift
  2. 2 unstable
浮想
fú xiǎng
  1. 1 passing thought
  2. 2 an idea that comes into one's head
  3. 3 recollection
浮沉
fú chén
  1. 1 ups and downs (of life etc)
  2. 2 to drift along
  3. 3 to sink and emerge
浮潜
fú qián
  1. 1 to snorkel
  2. 2 snorkeling
浮现
fú xiàn
  1. 1 to appear before one's eyes
  2. 2 to come into view
  3. 3 to float into appearance
  4. 4 to come back (of images from the past)
  5. 5 to emerge
  6. 6 it emerges
  7. 7 it occurs (to me that..)
浮肿
fú zhǒng
  1. 1 swollen
  2. 2 bloated
  3. 3 edema
  4. 4 dropsy
浮华
fú huá
  1. 1 ostentatious
  2. 2 pretentious
  3. 3 showy
浮萍
fú píng
  1. 1 duckweed
浮夸
fú kuā
  1. 1 to exaggerate
  2. 2 to be boastful
  3. 3 pompous
  4. 4 grandiose

Idioms (20)

人浮于事
rén fú yú shì
  1. 1 more hands than needed (idiom); too many cooks spoil the broth
刻薄寡恩
kè bó guǎ ēn
  1. 1 harsh and merciless (idiom)
厚古薄今
hòu gǔ bó jīn
  1. 1 to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
厚死薄生
hòu sǐ bó shēng
  1. 1 lit. to praise the dead and revile the living
  2. 2 fig. to live in the past (idiom)
厚积薄发
hòu jī bó fā
  1. 1 lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)
  2. 2 good preparation is the key to success
  3. 3 to be well prepared
喷薄欲出
pēn bó yù chū
  1. 1 to be on the verge of eruption (idiom)
  2. 2 (of the sun) to emerge in all its brilliance
如履薄冰
rú lu:3 bó bīng
  1. 1 lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be extremely cautious
  3. 3 to be skating on thin ice
妄自菲薄
wàng zì fěi bó
  1. 1 to be unduly humble (idiom)
  2. 2 to undervalue oneself
德薄能鲜
dé bó néng xiǎn
  1. 1 little virtue and meager abilities (idiom); I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修)
救人一命胜造七级浮屠
jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú
  1. 1 saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
日薄崦嵫
rì bó Yān zī
  1. 1 lit. the sun sets in Yanzi (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the day is drawing to an end
  3. 3 the last days (of a person, a dynasty etc)
浮光掠影
fú guāng lu:è yǐng
  1. 1 flickering light and passing shadows (idiom)
  2. 2 blurred scenery
  3. 3 cursory
  4. 4 superficial
浮出水面
fú chū shuǐ miàn
  1. 1 to float up (idiom); to become evident
  2. 2 to surface
  3. 3 to appear
浮家泛宅
fú jiā fàn zhái
  1. 1 lit. to live on a boat
  2. 2 to drift from place to place (idiom)
浮云朝露
fú yún zhāo lù
  1. 1 floating clouds, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral nature of human existence
穷家薄业
qióng jiā bó yè
  1. 1 poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom)
  2. 2 destitute
红颜薄命
hóng yán bó mìng
  1. 1 beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)
衣单食薄
yī dān shí bó
  1. 1 thin coat, meager food (idiom); life of wretched poverty
  2. 2 destitute
轻口薄舌
qīng kǒu bó shé
  1. 1 lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude
  2. 2 caustic and sharp-tongued
轻嘴薄舌
qīng zuǐ bó shé
  1. 1 lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude
  2. 2 caustic and sharp-tongued

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