附庸风雅 (附庸風雅)
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Pinyin
Definition
附庸风雅 (附庸風雅)
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- (of an uneducated person) to mingle with the cognoscenti
- to pose as a culture lover
- to be a culture snob
- having pretensions to culture
Character Decomposition
Idioms (18)
一日之雅
- 1 lit. friends for a day (idiom)
- 2 fig. casual acquaintance
夤缘攀附
- 1 to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom); to advance one's career by currying favor
- 2 social climbing
如蛆附骨
- 1 lit. like maggots feeding on a corpse (idiom)
- 2 fig. fixed on sth
- 3 to cling on without letting go
- 4 to pester obstinately
如蚁附膻
- 1 like ants pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful
- 2 the crowd runs after trash
庸人庸福
- 1 fools have good fortune (idiom)