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附庸风雅    Add to My Vocabulary

PinYin fù yōng fēng yǎ    Simplified 附庸风雅    Traditional 附庸風雅
  1. (of an uneducated person) to mingle with the cognoscenti
  2. to pose as a culture lover
  3. to be a culture snob
  4. having pretensions to culture

Chinese meanings
  1. fùyōng fēngyǎ
    为了装点门面而结交名士,从事有关文化的活动。

Chinese meanings
  1. fù yōng fēng yǎ
    【释义】附庸:依傍,追随;风雅:泛指诗歌。指缺乏文化修养的人为了装点门面而结交文人,参加有关文化活动。
    【出处】清·李宝嘉《官场现形记》第四十二回:“喜欢便宜,暗中上当,附庸风雅,忙里偷闲。”
    【用例】却偏要~,在扬州盖造了不少的花园,因此种花之风,遍及扬州。(《晚清文学丛钞·情变》第八回)

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