乡愿
xiāng​yuàn

hypocrite

  • created reference approved 乡愿/鄉愿 → 乡原/鄉原 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    乡愿 / 鄉愿 xiāng​yuàn

    乡原 / 鄉原 xiāng​yuán

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 乡愿/鄉愿 · xiāng​yuàn · hypocrite — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    乡愿 / 鄉愿

    xiāng​yuàn

    hypocrite

    (literary) a two-faced person who appears honest and cautious on the outside but lacks principles or follows the crowd to please others; a sycophant

    乡 (literal) → 乡/鄉 · xiāng · township 愿 (literal) → 愿 · yuàn · honest

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

    created sense