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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

虚伪 [xūwěi]
  1. 1. adjective hypocritical

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

虚伪 [xūwěi]
  1. 1. sham; false; hypocritical
    他总是说着很多虚伪的话,让人听了很不爽。
    我不喜欢虚伪的人。
    他为人实在,没有一点虚伪
    He is perfectly candid and never two-faced.
    这个人很虚伪
    That chap is a hypocrite.
  2. 2. insincere

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

虚伪 [xūwěi]
  1. 1. 不真诚;不实在
    虚伪得很。
    虚伪的面目。
  2. 2. 参见"虚假"的提示。

Examples

这个人很虚伪
That chap is a hypocrite. 虚伪
他为人实在,没有一点虚伪
He is perfectly candid and never two-faced. 虚伪
我们当面怒斥他的虚伪
我不喜欢虚伪的人。 虚伪
他总是说着很多虚伪的话,让人听了很不爽。 虚伪
他只是哼儿哈儿地虚伪支应了几句。 哼儿哈儿
懒惰和虚伪是罪恶的渊薮。 渊薮
这些虚伪的官绅背地里做尽了坏事。
This hypocritical bureaucrat has done many bad things secretly. 官绅
经过了解我发现她真虚伪, 让人恶心。
After getting to know her, I find that she is hypocritical and disgusting. 一时间
我最讨厌那些爱做秀的人了, 感觉他们特别虚伪
I hate people striking attitudes most, and find them extremely hypocritical. 做秀

Collocations

虚伪的嘴脸
a false countenance
非常虚伪
hypocritical
充满虚伪
hypocritical
狡诈虚伪
cunning and hypocritical

Word Decomposition


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