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崇洋

Word · Verb

worship foreign things; have blind faith in the West

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Meanings

1 sense · 4 examples
1.

verb

to worship foreign things; to have blind faith in foreign (esp. Western) culture, technology, or ideas

derogatory

Often used negatively to describe an uncritical admiration that overlooks the value of one's own culture. Commonly appears with '媚外'.

Yǒu有
xiē些
nián年
qīng轻
rén人
máng盲
mù目
chóng崇
yáng洋
 ,
zǒng总
jué觉
de得
guó国
wài外
de的
yī一
qiè切
dōu都
bǐ比
guó国
nèi内
hǎo好
 。

Some young people blindly worship foreign things, always thinking everything from abroad is better than domestic.

Chóng崇
yáng洋
mèi媚
wài外
de的
sī思
xiǎng想
bù不
kě可
qǔ取
 。

The mindset of worshipping foreign things and fawning on foreigners is not advisable.

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Tā他
shè设
jì计
de的
zuò作
pǐn品
háo毫
wú无
tè特
sè色
 ,
chōng充
mǎn满
le了
chóng崇
yáng洋
de的
qì气
xī息
 。

His designs have no distinctive features and are full of a worshipful attitude towards foreign styles.

Gǎi改
gé革
kāi开
fàng放
chū初
qī期
 ,
shè社
huì会
shàng上
què确
shí实
cún存
zài在
yī一
dìng定
de的
chóng崇
yáng洋
xīn心
lǐ理
 。

In the early days of reform and opening-up, there was indeed a certain psychology of worshipping foreign things in society.