附庸风雅
fù yōng fēng yǎ
Pinyin

Definition

附庸风雅
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fù yōng fēng yǎ
  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

Related Words (20)

优雅
yōu yǎ
  1. 1 grace
  2. 2 graceful
平庸
píng yōng
  1. 1 mediocre
  2. 2 indifferent
  3. 3 commonplace
附近
fù jìn
  1. 1 (in the) vicinity
  2. 2 nearby
  3. 3 neighboring
  4. 4 next to
不雅
bù yǎ
  1. 1 graceless
  2. 2 vulgar
  3. 3 indecent
中庸
Zhōng yōng
  1. 1 the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Sì shū]
依附
yī fù
  1. 1 to adhere
  2. 2 to attach oneself to
  3. 3 to append
儒雅
rú yǎ
  1. 1 scholarly
  2. 2 refined
  3. 3 cultured
  4. 4 courteous
典雅
diǎn yǎ
  1. 1 refined
  2. 2 elegant
博雅
bó yǎ
  1. 1 learned
吸附
xī fù
  1. 1 to adhere to a surface
  2. 2 to absorb
  3. 3 to draw in
  4. 4 (fig.) to attract
  5. 5 (chemistry) adsorption
喜马拉雅
Xǐ mǎ lā yǎ
  1. 1 the Himalayas
附
fù
  1. 1 variant of 附[fù]
大雅
Dà yǎ
  1. 1 Taya township in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan
幽雅
yōu yǎ
  1. 1 serene and elegant (of a place)
  2. 2 ethereal (of music)
庸人
yōng rén
  1. 1 mediocre person
庸俗
yōng sú
  1. 1 vulgar
  2. 2 tacky
  3. 3 tawdry
庸庸碌碌
yōng yōng lù lù
  1. 1 ordinary
  2. 2 mediocre
文雅
wén yǎ
  1. 1 elegant
  2. 2 refined
欧莱雅
Ōu lái yǎ
  1. 1 L'Oréal (French cosmetics company)
淡雅
dàn yǎ
  1. 1 simple and elegant

Idioms (18)

一日之雅
yī rì zhī yǎ
  1. 1 lit. friends for a day (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. casual acquaintance
夤缘攀附
yín yuán pān fù
  1. 1 to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom); to advance one's career by currying favor
  2. 2 social climbing
如蛆附骨
rú qū fù gǔ
  1. 1 lit. like maggots feeding on a corpse (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. fixed on sth
  3. 3 to cling on without letting go
  4. 4 to pester obstinately
如蚁附膻
rú yǐ fù shān
  1. 1 like ants pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful
  2. 2 the crowd runs after trash
庸人庸福
yōng rén yōng fú
  1. 1 fools have good fortune (idiom)
庸人自扰
yōng rén zì rǎo
  1. 1 lit. silly people get their panties in a bunch (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get upset over nothing
  3. 3 to make problems for oneself
扳龙附凤
bān lóng fù fèng
  1. 1 hitching a ride to the sky on the dragon and phoenix (idiom); fig. currying favor with the rich and powerful in the hope of advancement
攀附权贵
pān fù quán guì
  1. 1 to cling to the powerful and rich (idiom); social climbing
曲终奏雅
qǔ zhōng zòu yǎ
  1. 1 perfect finish (idiom)
温文尔雅
wēn wén ěr yǎ
  1. 1 cultured and refined (idiom); gentle and cultivated
无伤大雅
wú shāng dà yǎ
  1. 1 (of a defect etc) to be of no great matter (idiom)
  2. 2 harmless
牵强附会
qiān qiǎng fù huì
  1. 1 to make an irrelevant comparison or interpretation (idiom)
登庸人才
dēng yōng rén cái
  1. 1 to employ talent (idiom)
穿凿附会
chuān záo fù huì
  1. 1 to make far-fetched claims (idiom)
  2. 2 to offer outlandish explanations
趋炎附势
qū yán fù shì
  1. 1 to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power
  2. 2 social climbing
随声附和
suí shēng fù hè
  1. 1 to parrot other people's words (idiom); to chime in with others
雅俗共赏
yǎ sú gòng shǎng
  1. 1 can be enjoyed by scholars and lay-people alike (idiom)
魂不附体
hún bù fù tǐ
  1. 1 lit. body and soul separated (idiom); fig. scared out of one's wits
  2. 2 beside oneself

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