附庸风雅 (附庸風雅)
fù yōng fēng yǎ
Pinyin

Definition

附庸风雅 (附庸風雅)
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fù yōng fēng yǎ
  1. (of an uneducated person) to mingle with the cognoscenti
  2. to pose as a culture lover
  3. to be a culture snob
  4. having pretensions to culture

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

yōu yǎ
  1. 1 grace
  2. 2 graceful
píng yōng
  1. 1 mediocre
  2. 2 indifferent
  3. 3 commonplace
fù jìn
  1. 1 (in the) vicinity
  2. 2 nearby
  3. 3 neighboring
  4. 4 next to
bù yǎ
  1. 1 graceless
  2. 2 vulgar
  3. 3 indecent
Zhōng yōng
  1. 1 the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Sì shū]

Idioms (18)

一日之雅
yī rì zhī yǎ
  1. 1 lit. friends for a day (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. casual acquaintance
夤缘攀附
yín yuán pān fù
  1. 1 to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom); to advance one's career by currying favor
  2. 2 social climbing
如蛆附骨
rú qū fù gǔ
  1. 1 lit. like maggots feeding on a corpse (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. fixed on sth
  3. 3 to cling on without letting go
  4. 4 to pester obstinately
如蚁附膻
rú yǐ fù shān
  1. 1 like ants pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful
  2. 2 the crowd runs after trash
庸人庸福
yōng rén yōng fú
  1. 1 fools have good fortune (idiom)