吃喝玩乐 — Chinese idiom
吃喝玩乐
chī hē wán lè
Traditional: 吃喝玩樂
Meaning
- (lit.) to eat, drink, play and be merry
- (fig.) to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
Character by character
- 吃chīto eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
- 喝hēto drink; to shout, to call out
- 玩wánto play with, to joke, to entertain
- 乐lècheerful, happy, laughing; music
Idioms sharing a character
- 吃干抹净 chī gān mā jìng
- 吃喝嫖赌 chī hē piáo dǔ
- 吃大锅饭 chī dà guō fàn
- 吃苦耐劳 chī kǔ nài láo
- 吃里扒外 chī lǐ pá wài
- 吃香喝辣 chī xiāng hē là
- 坐吃山空 zuò chī shān kōng
- 多吃多占 duō chī duō zhàn
- 大吃一惊 dà chī yī jīng
- 好吃懒做 hào chī lǎn zuò
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