世態炎涼

See also: 世态炎凉

Chinese

		ways of the world	hot and cold; snobbish
trad. (世態炎涼)		世態	炎涼
simp. (世态炎凉)		世态	炎凉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìtàiyánliáng

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄊㄞˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shìtàiyánliáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄊㄞˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhtayyanliang
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ i̯ɛn³⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/

Idiom

世態炎涼

people are friendly or unfriendly, depending on whether one is successful or not; the hypocrisy of the world

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