Simple explanation: simple and real but not flashy.
Detailed explanation:
Unpretentious, a Chinese idiom, the pinyin is pǔ shí wú huá, which means simple and real but not flashy. From Ba Jin's "Afterword to "The Collection of Huohuo"". Pu: pǔ, pò, pō, piáo. According to ancient calligraphy, strokes are saved and simplified. "Shuowen Jiezi": "Pu, wood bark. From wood, divination sound." Moxibustion on tortoise shell to take omens is the paradigm of divination. The two paradigms of wood and divination are superimposed. The thick and veined bark is the paradigm of simplicity.
It is actually a first-level standard Chinese character (commonly used character) in Chinese. It is pronounced as shí and was first seen in the bronze inscriptions of the Western Zhou Dynasty. The original meaning of the word "real" is to be rich, and there are many belongings in the home. It is derived from this as a noun, referring to wealth; as a verb, it refers to fullness. One theory is that the original meaning of "substantial" is to be full without any gaps. From full, it is extended to wealth, to wealth, to seeds, to fruits, and then to the verb to bear fruit.
无 (Pinyin: wú, mó) is a first-level standard Chinese character (commonly used character). This character first appeared in oracle bone inscriptions in the Shang Dynasty. The ancient character resembles a person dancing with dance equipment, which is the first word for "dance". The word "无" is borrowed to mean there is nothing. This meaning is the most commonly used in modern Chinese. Wu also means don’t want it, which is the same as “wu”. "无" is also the same as "不", which means general negation.
Hua (Pinyin: huá, huà, huā) is a first-level standard Chinese character (commonly used character). This character was originally written in Western Zhou Dynasty bronze inscriptions. Its ancient character is shaped like a flower, and its original meaning refers to the flower of vegetation, pronounced huā. Used as a verb to refer to flowering. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the word "花" came into being, which was used in the meaning of flower. Flowers are beautiful, so "hua" is also extended to mean brilliance and gorgeousness.
Antonyms for simplicity:
1. Pleasure-seeking: pursuing a life of pleasure and indulgence.
2. Flowery and dazzling: describes a woman who is very beautifully dressed (mostly derogatory nowadays).
3. Windy, flowery and snowy night: originally refers to the natural beauty of the four seasons: "There are hundreds of flowers in spring, moon in autumn, cool breeze in summer and snow in winter." Later, it refers to poems with empty content and gorgeous rhetoric, and also refers to love. affairs and a life of debauchery.
4. Flashy: Hua: same as "flower", blooming. Reality: result. Only flowers, no fruit. It means that the appearance is beautiful but the content is empty.