高富帥：[gao fu shuai]

Gaofushuai are men who are high, rich, and handsome (the alias is a direct literal combination of the three attributes), a distinct contrast to Diaosi.

Gaofushuai, with a height of 180 cm (about 6 feet) and a handsome look, are often the offspring of rich businessmen, government officials, or simply people on the upper rung of the social ladder. They drive in limousines, live in luxury houses, and are not confronted with the struggles that their fellow generation often find themselves in. They are the new princes Charming, ideal husbands or boyfriends for Chinese women.

In the eyes of ordinary Chinese, Gaofushuai are often synonymous with Fuerdai, the affluent second generation or silver-spoon kids, though some are self-made, self-reliant, and have good academic backgrounds and high social status.

Though richness holds a priority in the three attributes for the female Diaosi (tall, handsome men without money are not seen as Gaofushuai), a man with enough money to spend but who has a malicious personality is not a Gaofushuai either. By contrast, if a man is good and kind-hearted, he may as well be eligible as a Gaofushuai even if he is not rich or handsome.

A Gaofushuai is an elevated male paragon.

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