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崇洋媚外

Mandarin · pinyin chóng yáng mèi wài

to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas

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崇: chóng · esteem, honor, revere, venerate
洋: yáng · ocean, sea; foreign; western
媚: mèi · charming, attractive; flatter
外: wài · out, outside, external; foreign

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2–2–4–4 · chong2 yang2 mei4 wai4

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(idiomatic) to overly admire foreign things

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