放浪形骸

Chinese

		to be unrestrained; to be dissolute	the human body; carcass
simp. and trad. (放浪形骸)		放浪	形骸

Etymology

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fànglàng xínghái

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄌㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄞˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fànglàng xínghái
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄌㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄞˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqlanq shynghair
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fànglàng sínghái
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɑŋ⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵ xaɪ̯³⁵/

Idiom

放浪形骸

1. to refuse to be bound by convention; to abandon oneself to Bohemianism