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Change log entry 40848
Processed by: richwarm (2012-04-15 03:11:45 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 39630 - submitted by 'ycandau' >>
another example of guessing at the sense from individual characters; but:
氣 doesn't mean spirit
粗 doesn't mean vulgar
氣粗 doesn't ever mean "vulgar spirit"

举行校园招聘会的一般都是财大气粗的大公司、...
are those big companies filthy rich?
No, they are "big" companies

Editor: I think the definition may have been influenced at least as much by def's such as N's and M's
as by the individual characters.
Diff:
- 財大氣粗 财大气粗 [cai2 da4 qi4 cu1] /large wealth, vulgar spirit (idiom); rich and ostentatious/filthy rich/more money than sense/
+ 財大氣粗 财大气粗 [cai2 da4 qi4 cu1] /rich and imposing/rich and overbearing/
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