炫富
xuàn fù
Pinyin

Definition

炫富
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xuàn fù
  1. to flaunt wealth
  2. ostentatious

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 surname Fu
xuàn
  1. 1 to dazzle
  2. 2 to boast
  3. 3 to show off
  4. 4 (slang) cool
  5. 5 awesome
xuàn yào
  1. 1 dazzling
  2. 2 to show off
  3. 3 to flaunt
fēng fù
  1. 1 to enrich
  2. 2 rich
  3. 3 plentiful
  4. 4 abundant
cái fù
  1. 1 wealth
  2. 2 riches
Dà fù wēng
  1. 1 Monopoly (game)
  2. 2 known as 地產大亨|地产大亨[Dì chǎn Dà hēng] in Taiwan
fù rén
  1. 1 rich person
  2. 2 the rich
Fù shì
  1. 1 Fuji (Japanese company)
Fù shì Shān
  1. 1 Mt. Fuji, Japan
Fù shì kāng
  1. 1 Foxconn Technology Group
  2. 2 abbr. of 富士康科技集團|富士康科技集团[Fù shì kāng kē jì jí tuán]
fù pó
  1. 1 wealthy woman
fù yǒu
  1. 1 rich
  2. 2 full of
fù wēng
  1. 1 rich person
  2. 2 millionaire
  3. 3 billionaire
Fù yù
  1. 1 Fuyu county in Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qí qí hā ěr], Heilongjiang
fù háo
  1. 1 rich and powerful person
fù guì
  1. 1 riches and honor
fù zú
  1. 1 rich
  2. 2 plentiful
xuàn fù
  1. 1 to flaunt wealth
  2. 2 ostentatious
bǎi wàn fù wēng
  1. 1 millionaire
zhì fù
  1. 1 to become rich

Idioms (18)

嫌贫爱富
xián pín ài fù
  1. 1 to favor the rich and disdain the poor (idiom)
  2. 2 snobbish
学富五车
xué fù wǔ chē
  1. 1 of great erudition and scholarship (idiom)
安富尊荣
ān fù zūn róng
  1. 1 well-off and respected (idiom)
  2. 2 to be content with one's wealth and position
安富恤穷
ān fù xù qióng
  1. 1 to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom)
安富恤贫
ān fù xù pín
  1. 1 to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom)
富不过三代
fù bù guò sān dài
  1. 1 wealth never survives three generations (idiom)
富可敌国
fù kě dí guó
  1. 1 having wealth equivalent to that of an entire nation (idiom)
  2. 2 extremely wealthy
富国强兵
fù guó qiáng bīng
  1. 1 lit. rich country, strong army (idiom); slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times
  2. 2 Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei)
富丽堂皇
fù lì táng huáng
  1. 1 (of houses etc) sumptuous (idiom)
年富力强
nián fù lì qiáng
  1. 1 young and vigorous (idiom)
打富济贫
dǎ fù jì pín
  1. 1 to rob the rich to help the poor (idiom)
荣华富贵
róng huá fù guì
  1. 1 glory, splendor, wealth and rank (idiom); high position and great wealth
为仁不富
wéi rén bù fù
  1. 1 the rich man cannot be benevolent (idiom, from Mencius). It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24).
为富不仁
wéi fù bù rén
  1. 1 the benevolent man cannot be rich (idiom, from Mencius). It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24).
为富不仁,为仁不富
wéi fù bù rén , wéi rén bù fù
  1. 1 the benevolent man cannot be rich and vice versa (idiom, from Mencius). It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24).
脱贫致富
tuō pín zhì fù
  1. 1 to rise from poverty and become prosperous (idiom)
  2. 2 poverty alleviation
长命富贵
cháng mìng fù guì
  1. 1 We wish you long life and riches! (idiom, conventional greeting)
马无夜草不肥,人无外快不富
mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi , rén wú wài kuài bù fù
  1. 1 a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我们可以用这一句话“人怕出名猪怕肥”来形容公众人物。在中国,有一些公众人物喜欢开名车、戴名表,或是住豪宅。这样的行为,我们称作“炫富”。
wǒmen kěyǐ yòng zhè yī jù huà “rénpàchūmíngzhūpàféi ”lái xíngróng gōngzhòng rénwù 。zài Zhōngguó ,yǒu yīxiē gōngzhòng rénwù xǐhuan kāi míng chē 、dài míngbiǎo ,huòshì zhù háozhái 。zhèyàng de xíngwéi ,wǒmen chēngzuò “xuànfù ”。
We can use this proverb ‘Men are afraid of being famous, just as pigs are afraid of getting fat.’ to describe celebrities. There are some celebrities in China who like to drive luxurious cars, wear fancy watches, or live in luxurious houses. These behaviors are called ‘flaunting one’s wealth’.
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