mèi
wài

common
derogatory
verb

Meaning of 媚外

媚外 means to fawn on or flatter foreign powers or things; to have a servile admiration for everything foreign. Pronounced mèi wài.

  • to fawn on or flatter foreign powers or things; to have a servile admiration for everything foreign

Definitions & Examples

wèi
mèi
wài
 
rèn
wéi
jìn
kǒu
huò
shén
me
dōu
hǎo
 

He blindly fawns on everything foreign, thinking that all imported goods are superior.

Zhè
zhǒng
mèi
wài
de
xīn
 
men
yào
yǒu
wén
huà
xìn
 

This kind of servile admiration for foreign things is not advisable; we need to have cultural confidence.

yīn
wèi
mèi
wài
de
yán
lùn
zāo
dào
le
mín
zhòng
de
píng
 

He was criticized by the public for his obsequious remarks towards foreign powers.

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