崇洋媚外 — Chinese idiom
崇洋媚外
chóng yáng mèi wài
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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