审美
shěn měi
Pinyin

Definition

审美
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shěn měi
  1. esthetics
  2. appreciating the arts
  3. taste

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

wán měi
  1. 1 perfect
  2. 2 perfection
  3. 3 perfectly
Měi
  1. 1 the Americas
  2. 2 abbr. for 美洲[Měi zhōu]
  3. 3 USA
  4. 4 abbr. for 美國|美国[Měi guó]
měi rén
  1. 1 beauty
  2. 2 belle
Měi guó
  1. 1 United States
  2. 2 USA
  3. 3 US
měi nu:3
  1. 1 beautiful woman
měi hǎo
  1. 1 beautiful
  2. 2 fine
měi lì
  1. 1 beautiful
yōu měi
  1. 1 graceful
  2. 2 fine
  3. 3 elegant
shí quán shí měi
  1. 1 complete and beautiful
  2. 2 to be perfect (idiom)
wéi měi
  1. 1 aesthetics
shěn měi
  1. 1 esthetics
  2. 2 appreciating the arts
  3. 3 taste
ài měi
  1. 1 love of beauty
  2. 2 wishing to appear beautiful
  3. 3 to set store by one's appearance
tián měi
  1. 1 sweet
  2. 2 pleasant
  3. 3 happy
jīng měi
  1. 1 delicate
  2. 2 fine
  3. 3 refinement
měi rén jì
  1. 1 honey trap
  2. 2 sexual entrapment
  3. 3 CL:條|条[tiáo]
Měi yuán
  1. 1 American dollar
  2. 2 US dollar
Měi jù
  1. 1 American TV series
  2. 2 abbr. for 美國電視劇|美国电视剧
měi huà
  1. 1 to make more beautiful
  2. 2 to decorate
  3. 3 embellishment
měi wèi
  1. 1 delicious
  2. 2 delicious food
  3. 3 delicacy
Měi guó rén
  1. 1 American
  2. 2 American person
  3. 3 American people
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]

Idioms (19)

价廉物美
jià lián wù měi
  1. 1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)
两全其美
liǎng quán qí měi
  1. 1 to satisfy rival demands (idiom)
  2. 2 to get the best of both worlds
  3. 3 to have it both ways
  4. 4 to have one's cake and eat it too
十全十美
shí quán shí měi
  1. 1 complete and beautiful
  2. 2 to be perfect (idiom)
天公不作美
tiān gōng bù zuò měi
  1. 1 Heaven is not cooperating (idiom)
  2. 2 the weather is not favorable for the planned activity
天公作美
tiān gōng zuò měi
  1. 1 Heaven is cooperating (idiom)
  2. 2 the weather is favorable for the planned activity (a variation of 天公不作美|天公不作美[tiān gōng bù zuò měi])
专美于前
zhuān měi yú qián
  1. 1 to monopolize the limelight (idiom)
  2. 2 to get all the glory
  3. 3 to rank highest
爱美之心,人皆有之
ài měi zhī xīn , rén jiē yǒu zhī
  1. 1 everyone loves beauty (idiom)
珍馐美味
zhēn xiū měi wèi
  1. 1 delicacy and fine taste (idiom); a wonderful treat
珍馐美馔
zhēn xiū měi zhuàn
  1. 1 delicacy and fine taste (idiom); a wonderful treat
甜言美语
tián yán měi yǔ
  1. 1 sweet words, beautiful phrases (idiom); hypocritical flattery
尽善尽美
jìn shàn jìn měi
  1. 1 perfect (idiom); perfection
  2. 2 the best of all possible worlds
  3. 3 as good as it gets
美不胜收
měi bù shèng shōu
  1. 1 nothing more beautiful can be imagined (idiom)
美中不足
měi zhōng bù zú
  1. 1 everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment
美其名曰
měi qí míng yuē
  1. 1 to call by the glorified name of (idiom)
美轮美奂
měi lún měi huàn
  1. 1 (of houses, scenery etc) magnificent (idiom)
良宵美景
liáng xiāo měi jǐng
  1. 1 fine evening, beautiful scenery (idiom)
良辰美景
liáng chén měi jǐng
  1. 1 fine time, beautiful scenery (idiom); everything lovely
英雄难过美人关
yīng xióng nán guò měi rén guān
  1. 1 even heroes have a weakness for the charms of a beautiful woman (idiom)
貌美如花
mào měi rú huā
  1. 1 (of a woman) lovely as a flower (idiom)
  2. 2 beautiful

Sample Sentences

你们的审美观那么不同,我建议用混合设计,不同的房间做不同的风格。
nǐ men de shěnměi guān nà me bùtóng ,wǒ jiànyì yòng hùnhé shèjì ,bùtóng de fángjiān zuò bùtóng de fēnggé 。
Since you have such different tastes, I recommend a blended design. Do different themes for different rooms.
对对对,你就像那唐朝贵妃,可是真真儿的美人儿呢,现在这都是什么审美啊?什么A4腰啊,苹果4腿的,再这么折腾下去干脆饿死得了,一了百了。
duìduìduì ,nǐ jiù xiàng nà Tángcháo guìfēi ,kěshì zhēn zhēnr de měirénr ne ,xiànzài zhè dōu shì shénme shěnměi ā ?shénme À yāo ā ,píngguǒ 4 tuǐ de ,zài zhème zhēteng xiàqu gāncuì è sǐ dé le ,yīliǎobǎiliǎo 。
Yes, yes. You're like a Tang Dynasty imperial concubine, a real beauty. What kind of aesthetic is there around nowadays? With the waist only as wide as an A4 sheet of paper, and legs as thin as the iPhone 4. If we keep on torturing each other like this, we may as well just starve to death and be done with it.
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这倒是挺有共鸣啊,兄弟,咱们审美算是不谋而合。
zhèdàoshì tǐng yǒu gòngmíng ā ,xiōngdì ,zánmen shěnměi suàn shì bù móu ér hé 。
I really feel you on that, bro. We both seem to have the same taste.
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哦,我美丽的皇后,小的错了。网红指的就是“网络红人”,他们是随着网络经济的发展而形成并不断完善壮大的,网红要走红,不是非得符合大众的“审美观”,也可以另辟蹊径,只要迎合网民喜好娱乐、刺激、实用,甚至“审丑”的心态即可。
ò ,wǒ měilì de huánghòu ,xiǎo de cuò le 。wǎnghóng zhǐ de jiùshì “wǎngluò hóngrén ”,tāmen shì suízhe wǎngluò jīngjì de fāzhǎn ér xíngchéng bìng bùduàn wánshàn zhuàngdà de ,wǎnghóng yào zǒuhóng ,bùshì fēiděi fúhé dàzhòng de “shěnměiguān ”,yě kěyǐ lìngpìxījìng ,zhǐyào yínghé wǎngmín xǐhào yúlè 、cìjī 、shíyòng ,shènzhì “shěnchǒu ”de xīntài jí kě 。
Oh. My beautiful queen, I, your humble servant, have erred. Internet stars, are people who get popular on the internet. As the internet economy has developed and become ever more robust and expansive, internet celebrities have gotten popular online, and don't necessarily have to meet public standards of beauty; they can also take an alternative route, they just have to cater to the entertainment, excitement or practical demands of netizens. You can even approach it with an "ugly aesthetic" in mind.
我知道,从之前的“凤姐”、“芙蓉姐姐”因为颠覆了大家的审美而成名,到现在的各种攀升“天王嫂”的网红,都是锥子脸的标配。
wǒ zhīdào ,cóng zhīqián de “fèngjiě ”、“fúróng jiějie ”yīnwèi diānfù le dàjiā de shěnměi ér chéngmíng ,dào xiànzài de gèzhǒng pānshēng “tiānwángsǎo ”de wǎnghóng ,dōu shì zhuīziliǎn de biāopèi 。
I know, from previous ones like Sister Feng and Sister Lotus, who got famous for subverting people's aesthetic sensibilities, to those online celebrities clambering to become "online goddesses", all with the awl-faced mark of beauty.
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审美观
shěnměi guān
aesthetic standards, what's seen as beautiful
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审美观
shěnměi guān
aesthetic sense
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审美
shěnměi
aesthetics
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审美疲劳
shěnměi píláo
to experience so much of a good thing that you get tired of it
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中西方的审美观很不一样。
Zhōng Xī fāng de shěnměi guān hěn bù yīyàng 。
China and the West have different aesthetics.
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