世态炎凉
shì​tài​yán​liáng

fickleness of the world

  • created reference approved 世态炎凉/世態炎涼 → 趋炎附势/趨炎附勢 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    世态炎凉 / 世態炎涼 shì​tài​yán​liáng

    趋炎附势 / 趨炎附勢 qū​yán​fù​shì

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 世态炎凉/世態炎涼 · shì​tài​yán​liáng · fickleness of the world — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    世态炎凉 / 世態炎涼

    shì​tài​yán​liáng

    fickleness of the world

    (idiom) the variability and hypocrisy of human relationships; describes people who flatter those in power and ignore those who have lost it

    世态 (literal) → 世态/世態 · shì​tài · ways of the world 炎凉 (literal) → 炎凉/炎涼 · yán​liáng · snobbishness

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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