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Meaning of 附庸风雅

Lookup via: Pinyin | Radicals
附 fù 庸 yōng 风 fēng 雅 yǎ (Trad.: 附庸風雅)
(of an uneducated person) to mingle with the cognoscenti; to pose as a culture lover; to be a culture snob; having pretensions to culture
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Antonyms: 温文尔雅
Example Sentences
1
其它的电影都是附庸风雅的并且大部分都很长
。
The other films were arty-farty and mostly too long.
2
我知道可能在别人眼里我是个附庸风雅的的人
。
And I know I may be an artsy person in sb's eyes.
3
我纳闷为什么我们一直必定来看这种附庸风雅的片子
。
I don't understand why we always have to go see such artsy -f artsy movies.
4
最终他们变得更轻柔而且附庸风雅
——
更适合用作舞曲了
。
And they eventually became less heavy and more arty - more danceable even.
5
他经常说他对文学有浓厚的兴趣
,
其实这不过是附庸风雅而已
。
He is always talking about his deep interest in literature, but it's just a pose.