世态炎凉

shì tài yán liáng

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1. the hypocrisy of the world (idiom)

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Child Words of 世态炎凉

• 凉 凉 liáng: the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉[nán liáng] (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)
• 凉 凉 liàng: to let sth cool down
• 世 世 shì: life
• 世态 世态 shì tài: the ways of the world
• 态 态 tài: (bound form)
• 炎 炎 yán: flame