放浪形骸
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Chinese[edit]
to be unrestrained; to be dissolute | the human body; carcass | ||
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trad. (放浪形骸) | 放浪 | 形骸 | |
simp. #(放浪形骸) | 放浪 | 形骸 |
Etymology[edit]
Literally: to give one's body to reckless abandon.
- From the Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion, by Wang Xizhi (王羲之).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄌㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄞˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fànglàng sínghái
- Wade–Giles: fang4-lang4 hsing2-hai2
- Yale: fàng-làng syíng-hái
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqlanq shynghair
- Palladius: фанлан синхай (fanlan sinxaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɑŋ⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵ xaɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom[edit]
放浪形骸
- to refuse to be bound by convention; to abandon oneself to Bohemianism