洋腔洋调 — Chinese idiom
洋腔洋调
yáng qiāng yáng diào
Traditional: 洋腔洋調
Meaning
- to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory)
Character by character
- 洋yángsea, ocean; western, foreign
- 腔qiāngchest cavity; a hollow in the body
- 洋yángsea, ocean; western, foreign
- 调diàotune, melody, key; to transfer, to exchange
Idioms sharing a character
- 喜气洋洋 xǐ qì yáng yáng
- 土洋结合 tǔ yáng jié hé
- 崇洋媚外 chóng yáng mèi wài
- 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
- 漂洋过海 piāo yáng guò hǎi
- 热情洋溢 rè qíng yáng yì
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