附庸風雅
fù​yōng​fēng​yǎ

to pose as a culture lover

  • created reference approved 附庸风雅/附庸風雅 → 温文尔雅/溫文爾雅 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    附庸风雅 / 附庸風雅 fù​yōng​fēng​yǎ

    温文尔雅 / 溫文爾雅 wēn​wén'ěr​yǎ

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 附庸风雅/附庸風雅 · fù​yōng​fēng​yǎ · to pose as a culture lover — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    附庸风雅 / 附庸風雅

    fù​yōng​fēng​yǎ

    to pose as a culture lover

    to pretend to have cultural or artistic interests to improve one's social standing; to mingle with cultural circles despite lacking genuine education or taste

    附庸 (literal) → 附庸 · fù​yōng · to tag along 风雅 (literal) → 风雅/風雅 · fēng​yǎ · elegant

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

    created sense