虚荣 xūróng vanity
How to remember 虚荣: 虚 false + 荣 glory = vanity.
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How it is used
- Vanity - a craving for status and admiration - most common in 虚荣心 (xūróngxīn) vanity / the desire to show off: 满足他的虚荣心 (mǎnzú tā de xūróngxīn) feed his vanity.
- Negative judgment about caring too much for appearances and others' praise.
- Formal-ish but common in everyday moral talk.