吃喝玩樂
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See also: 吃喝玩乐
Chinese[edit]
food and drink; diet; to eat and drink | to have fun; play around; to disport oneself | ||
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trad. (吃喝玩樂) | 吃喝 | 玩樂 | |
simp. (吃喝玩乐) | 吃喝 | 玩乐 | |
Literally: “eat, drink, play and be merry”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
吃喝玩樂
- (derogatory) to eat, drink and be merry; to seek pleasure instead of doing work
Usage notes[edit]
Unlike the equivalent English idiom, “eat drink and be merry”, in some contexts this Chinese expression conveys a negative impression of shirking honest work to seek pleasure.
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 吃喝玩樂 (“to eat, drink and be merry; to seek pleasure instead of doing work”) [map]
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