崇洋媚外 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers ; blind worship of foreign goods and ideas

Character by character

• 崇chónghigh, dignified; to esteem, to honor
• 洋yángsea, ocean; western, foreign
• 媚mèiattractive, charming; to charm, to flatter
• 外wàiout, outside, external; foreign; in addition

Idioms sharing a character

• 崇山峻岭 chóng shān jùn lǐng
• 戒奢崇俭 jiè shē chóng jiǎn
• 喜气洋洋 xǐ qì yáng yáng
• 土洋结合 tǔ yáng jié hé
• 望洋兴叹 wàng yáng xīng tàn
• 江洋大盗 jiāng yáng dà dào
• 洋洋得意 yáng yáng dé yì
• 洋洋洒洒 yáng yáng sǎ sǎ
• 洋洋自得 yáng yáng zì dé
• 洋腔洋调 yáng qiāng yáng diào

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