追捧
zhuī pěng
Pinyin
Definition
追捧
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- to chase after (a popular person or item)
- to pursue
- popularity
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to sculpt
- 2 to carve
- 3 musical instrument (old)
- 1 to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly
- 2 to seek after
- 3 to woo
- 1 to clasp
- 2 to cup the hands
- 3 to hold up with both hands
- 4 to offer (esp. in cupped hands)
- 5 to praise
- 6 to flatter
- 1 to cheer on (originally esp. as paid stooge)
- 2 to root for sb
- 3 to sing sb's praises
- 4 to flatter
- 1 to overtake
Idioms (8)
一言既出,驷马难追
- 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
掇臀捧屁
- 1 to hold up buttocks and praise a fart (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants
- 2 to toady
- 3 boot-licking
众星捧月
- 1 lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure
- 2 to group around a revered leader
- 3 to revolve around sb
胡吹乱捧
- 1 indiscriminate admiration (idiom)
西子捧心
- 1 lit. Xishi clasps at her heart (idiom)
- 2 fig. a woman's lovely looks, despite the pangs of illness
Sample Sentences
潮牌的意思就是时下非常流行的、受大家追捧的一些时尚品牌。
Trendy brands are brands that are very popular right now. People tend to follow their styles and buy their products.
随着控烟措施的加强,电子烟成为不少年轻烟民追捧的新选择。
With the rise of tobacco control measures, young smokers have turned to electronic cigarettes as a new option.
他们人气这么高跟网络时代和市场经济也有关系。现在获取知识和发表作品都很容易,再加上媒体炒作和出版社追捧,很快就名利双收了。只怕成名容易,潜力不足。
There being so much buzz about them is also related to the age of the internet and this market economy. Right now, acquiring knowledge and getting your literature out there is easy. On top of that, there's attention from the media and support from publishing companies. People can get rich and famous quickly. The fear is that becoming famous easily doesn't mean they have enough real potential.
大概在国内,炒股已经成为大众最方便和易于接受的投资赚钱的方式之一吧。再加上前几年中国股市一路走红,让很多人对股市有一个误解,以为炒股总是会赢的。更何况以前政府过多地干预股市,让很多人觉得有政府撑腰怎么可能亏本呢,于是越来越多的人开始盲目追捧。
Probably it's because in China, speculating in stocks has already become one of the easiest and best-accepted ways to invest and make money. Plus, in the past few years, the Chinese stock market has always been on the rise. That's given a lot of people a misconception about the stock market-- that when you play the stocks, you'll always win. Even more, the government used to interfere too much in the stock market, which made a lot of people think that if it has a government guarantee, it couldn't lose money. So more and more people have started to blindly trying to get rich.