市侩 (shì kuài) — philistine; vulgar mercenary person (strongly pejorative)
Definition
A pejorative noun for a vulgar, money-obsessed person who haggles over everything and despises anything non-commercial. Strongly negative — used to criticize someone's mercenary, philistine attitude, not just to label a merchant.
noun
philistinevulgar mercenary person (strongly pejorative)
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Examples
- ，市侩。Tā mǎn kǒu shēng yì jīng, huó tuō tuō yí gè shì kuài.He talks nothing but business — a total philistine.
- 市侩。Zhè bù xiǎo shuō kè huà le yí gè wéi lì shì tú de shì kuài xíng xiàng.This novel portrays a mercenary philistine character.
- 市侩。Zhēn zhèng de wén rén kàn bù qǐ nà xiē shì kuài zuò fēng.True literati look down on that kind of vulgar mercenary attitude.
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