mingle with men of letters and pose as a lover of culture [said of a mediocre person]/這些市儈之徒也～，真正貽笑大方。These philistines tried to mingle with men of letters and posed as lovers of culture only to make a laughing-stock of themselves.
附庸風(fēng)雅fu yong feng ya
(of landlords,merchants,etc.) mingle with men of letters and pose as a lover of culture
附庸風(fēng)雅fù yōnɡ fēnɡ yǎ
附庸：追隨；風(fēng)雅：泛指文化程度、文學(xué)才能。指一些文化水平不高者裝腔作勢(shì)躋身于文化界。mingle with men of letters and pose as a lover of culture, artsy-craftsy