吃喝玩樂

See also: 吃喝玩乐

Chinese

		food and drink; diet; to eat and drink	to have fun; play around; to disport oneself
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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīhēwánlè

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄏㄜ ㄨㄢˊ ㄌㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ hot³ wun⁶ lok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīhēwánlè
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄏㄜ ㄨㄢˊ ㄌㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihhewánlè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-ho¹-wan²-lê⁴
    • Yale: chr̄-hē-wán-lè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhewanleh
    • Palladius: чихэваньлэ (čixɛvanʹlɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ xɤ⁵⁵ wän³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīhēwánrlè
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄏㄜ ㄨㄢˊㄦ ㄌㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihhewánrlè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-ho¹-wan²-ʼrh-lê⁴
    • Yale: chr̄-hē-wánr-lè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhewalleh
    • Palladius: чихэваньрлэ (čixɛvanʹrlɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ xɤ⁵⁵ wɑɻ³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ hot³ wun⁶ lok⁶
    • Yale: hek hot wuhn lohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ hot⁸ wun⁶ lok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ hod³ wun⁶ log⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ hɔːt̚³ wuːn²² lɔːk̚²/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 吃喝玩樂

1. (derogatory) to eat, drink and be merry; to seek pleasure instead of doing work

   他不務正業，天天就知道吃喝玩樂。 [MSC, trad.]
   他不务正业，天天就知道吃喝玩乐。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā bùwùzhèngyè, tiāntiān jiù zhīdào chīhēwánlè. [Pinyin]

   He won't do an honest day's work, and instead spends his days just having fun.

Usage notes

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

• (Min Nan) 食啉𨑨, 食跋𨑨

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