崇洋媚外
chóng​yáng​mèi​wài

to worship everything foreign

  • created sense approved 崇洋媚外 · chóng​yáng​mèi​wài · to worship everything foreign — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    崇洋媚外

    chóng​yáng​mèi​wài

    to worship everything foreign

    to revere foreign things and pander to overseas powers; used as an idiom to describe a blind or obsequious admiration for foreign goods, ideas, and people

    崇 (literal) → 崇 · chóng · to esteem 洋 (literal) → 洋 · yáng · foreign 媚 (literal) → 媚 · mèi · to flatter 外 (literal) → 外 · wài · foreign

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