山节藻棁 — “Mountain-shaped brackets and algae-patterned pillars”
山节藻棁 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to live in excessive luxury and grandeur, often beyond one's rightful status; to display ostentatious extravagance beyond appropriate bounds”. Literally, “mountain-shaped brackets and algae-patterned pillars”.
山节藻棁 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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What does 山节藻棁 mean?
山节藻棁 (shān jié zǎo zhuō) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to live in excessive luxury and grandeur, often beyond one's rightful status; to display ostentatious extravagance beyond appropriate bounds”.
How do you pronounce 山节藻棁?
山节藻棁 is pronounced shān jié zǎo zhuō in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 山节藻棁 literally mean?
Literally, 山节藻棁 means “mountain-shaped brackets and algae-patterned pillars”. It is used to mean “to live in excessive luxury and grandeur, often beyond one's rightful status; to display ostentatious extravagance beyond appropriate bounds”.
What is the Chinese definition of 山节藻棁?
古代天子的庙饰。山节，刻成山形的斗拱；藻棁，画有藻文的梁上短柱。后用以形容居处豪华奢侈，越等僭礼。