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铺张

鋪張
pūzhāng
adjective #32,095

Meanings

  1. 1 extravagant
  2. 2 ostentatious
  3. 3 showy

Examples

HSK 3
他过着铺张的生活。
Tā guò zhe pūzhāng de shēnghuó.
He leads an extravagant lifestyle.
HSK 4
请不要铺张浪费。
Qǐng búyào pūzhāng-làngfèi.
Please don't be wasteful and ostentatious.
HSK 5
婚礼太铺张了。
Hūnlǐ tài pūzhāng le.
The wedding was too extravagant.

Tips

usage
铺张 almost always carries a negative tone - it's the wasteful, show-off kind of lavishness. The fixed phrase 铺张浪费 ('extravagance and waste') is a stock criticism in official anti-corruption rhetoric.

Stroke Order

铺 pū
张 zhāng