放浪形骸

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Chinese

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

Etymology

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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

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Idiom

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放浪形骸

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