cultivate a literary pose; cultural pretentiousness
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to cultivate a literary pose; to engage in cultural activities for social prestige
derogatoryA derogatory idiom describing someone who lacks genuine cultural refinement but pretends to appreciate arts and literature to appear sophisticated, often for social climbing.
Tā他
mǎi买
nà那
me么
duō多
gǔ古
dǒng董
zì字
huà画
，
bú不
guò过
shì是
fù附
yōng庸
fēng风
yǎ雅
ér而
yǐ已
。
He bought so many antiques and paintings merely to cultivate a literary pose.
Yǒu有
xiē些
bào暴
fā发
hù户
wèi为
le了
tí提
shēng升
shè社
huì会
dì地
wèi位
，
kāi开
shǐ始
fù附
yōng庸
fēng风
yǎ雅
dì地
zàn赞
zhù助
yì艺
shù术
。
To elevate their social status, some nouveau riche have started pretentiously sponsoring the arts.
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Tā他
lián连
zhè这
shǒu首
shī诗
de的
zuò作
zhě者
dōu都
bù不
zhī知
dào道
，
què却
zài在
nà那
lǐ里
gāo高
tán谈
kuò阔
lùn论
，
zhēn真
shì是
fù附
yōng庸
fēng风
yǎ雅
。
He doesn't even know the author of this poem, yet he's pontificating about it there; it's pure cultural pretentiousness.