炫富
xuàn fù
Pinyin

Definition

炫富
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xuàn fù
  1. to flaunt wealth
  2. ostentatious

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

富
Fù
  1. 1 surname Fu
炫
xuàn
  1. 1 to dazzle
  2. 2 to boast
  3. 3 to show off
  4. 4 (slang) cool
  5. 5 awesome
炫耀
xuàn yào
  1. 1 dazzling
  2. 2 to show off
  3. 3 to flaunt
丰富
fēng fù
  1. 1 to enrich
  2. 2 rich
  3. 3 plentiful
  4. 4 abundant
财富
cái fù
  1. 1 wealth
  2. 2 riches

Idioms (18)

嫌贫爱富
xián pín ài fù
  1. 1 to favor the rich and disdain the poor (idiom)
  2. 2 snobbish
学富五车
xué fù wǔ chē
  1. 1 of great erudition and scholarship (idiom)
安富尊荣
ān fù zūn róng
  1. 1 well-off and respected (idiom)
  2. 2 to be content with one's wealth and position
安富恤穷
ān fù xù qióng
  1. 1 to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom)
安富恤贫
ān fù xù pín
  1. 1 to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我们可以用这一句话“人怕出名猪怕肥”来形容公众人物。在中国，有一些公众人物喜欢开名车、戴名表，或是住豪宅。这样的行为，我们称作“炫富”。
wǒmen kěyǐ yòng zhè yī jù huà “rénpàchūmíngzhūpàféi ”lái xíngróng gōngzhòng rénwù 。zài Zhōngguó ，yǒu yīxiē gōngzhòng rénwù xǐhuan kāi míng chē 、dài míngbiǎo ，huòshì zhù háozhái 。zhèyàng de xíngwéi ，wǒmen chēngzuò “xuànfù ”。
We can use this proverb ‘Men are afraid of being famous, just as pigs are afraid of getting fat.’ to describe celebrities. There are some celebrities in China who like to drive luxurious cars, wear fancy watches, or live in luxurious houses. These behaviors are called ‘flaunting one’s wealth’.
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