凡尔赛文学

凡爾賽文學
Fán'ěrsài wénxué
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 humblebragging; performative complaining about one's enviable life
  2. 2 literally 'Versailles literature'

Examples

HSK 2
Búyào Fán'ěrsài le, wǒmen zhīdào nǐ guò de hěn hǎo.
Stop humblebragging, we know your life is great.
HSK 4
Tā fā de péngyouquān quán shì Fán'ěrsài wénxué.
Her WeChat Moments are all humblebrags.
HSK 7-9
' Yòu bèi lǎogōng de pǎochē chǎo xǐng le ', diǎnxíng Fán'ěrsài wénxué.
'Woken up by my husband's sports car again' - classic humblebragging.

Tips

culture
Coined by blogger 小奶球 in 2020 after reading a Japanese manga about the opulent life at Versailles. She used it to describe the 'complain-to-show-off' posting style of Weibo influencer 蒙淇淇77, who wrote things like 'my husband drives a Maybach, so annoying that he parks it crooked.' The term went viral in November 2020. Named a 2020 Top 10 buzzword by 《咬文嚼字》.
usage
Often shortened to 凡尔赛 or the verb alone: 她又凡了 'she's humblebragging again.' Formula: complain about a first-world problem that implies wealth/beauty/success.

Stroke Order

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