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外貌協會

简外貌协会 · 繁外貌協會

Mandarin · pinyin wài mào xié huì

the "good-looks club": people who attach great importance to a person's appearance (pun on 外貿協會 foreign trade association)

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外: wài · out, outside, external; foreign
貌: mào · countenance, appearance
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會: huì · to assemble, meet together; a meeting; an organization
协: xié · be united; cooperate
会: huì · assemble, meet together; meeting

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4–4–2–4 · wai4 mao4 xie2 hui4

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ngoi6 maau6 hip3 wui2

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noun

(slang, neologism) “association” of people who judge others based solely on appearance; obsession with appearance; superficiality; shallowness; lookism

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