世態炎涼

1. • the hypocrisy of the world (idiom)

Character by character

• 世(shì)surname Shi
• 態(tài)(bound form)
• 炎(yán)flame
• 涼(liáng)the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南凉 nánliáng (397-414), Western Liang 西凉