乐不思蜀 — Chinese idiom
乐不思蜀
lè bù sī Shǔ
Traditional: 樂不思蜀
Meaning
- indulge in pleasure and forget home and duty
Character by character
- 乐lècheerful, happy, laughing; music
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 思sīto think, to ponder, to consider; final particle
- 蜀Shǔthe name of an ancient state
Idioms sharing a character
- 何乐不为 hé lè bù wéi
- 助人为乐 zhù rén wéi lè
- 及时行乐 jí shí xíng lè
- 吃喝玩乐 chī hē wán lè
- 喜怒哀乐 xǐ nù āi lè
- 喜闻乐见 xǐ wén lè jiàn
- 安居乐业 ān jū lè yè
- 安贫乐道 ān pín lè dào
- 寻欢作乐 xún huān zuò lè
- 幸灾乐祸 xìng zāi lè huò
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