附庸風雅

附庸风雅
fùyōngfēngyǎ
  1. (of an uneducated person) to mingle with the cognoscenti
  2. to pose as a culture lover
  3. to be a culture snob
  4. having pretensions to culture

CEDICT

to put on an air of pretension despite one's own lack of cultural knowledge

Wiktionary

缺乏文化修養的人，裝腔作勢的從事有關文化的活動。

重編國語辭典

缺乏文化修养的人，为了装点门面而结交文人，参加有關文化的活动

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 附庸 fùyōng
  1. vassal
  2. dependent
  3. subordinate
  4. subservient
  5. appendage
2 風雅 fēngyǎ
  1. cultured
  2. sophisticated