often derogatory <常贬>
- a person of obscure origin who has gained wealth, influence, or celebrity暴发户, 新贵：
the political inexperience of a parvenu.
暴发户政治上的不老练。
- having recently achieved, or associated with someone who has recently achieved, wealth, influence, or celebrity despite obscure origins暴发户的, 新贵的; 暴发的：
he concealed the details of his parvenu lifestyle.
他掩盖自己暴发户生活方式的细节。
词源
early 19th cent.: from French, literally 'arrived', past participle of parvenir, from Latin pervenire 'come to, reach'.