买笑追欢 — Chinese idiom
买笑追欢
mǎi xiào zhuī huān
Traditional: 買笑追歡
Meaning
- lit. to buy smiles to seek happiness
- abandon oneself to the pleasures of the flesh
Character by character
- 买mǎito buy, to purchase; to bribe, to persuade
- 笑xiàoto smile, to laugh; to giggle; to snicker
- 追zhuīto pursue, to chase after; to expel
- 欢huānhappy, glad, joyful
Idioms sharing a character
- 千金难买 qiān jīn nán mǎi
- 博士买驴 bó shì mǎi lǘ
- 招兵买马 zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ
- 买椟还珠 mǎi dú huán zhū
- 郑人买履 zhèng rén mǎi lǚ
- 付之一笑 fù zhī yī xiào
- 似笑非笑 sì xiào fēi xiào
- 哄堂大笑 hōng táng dà xiào
- 哭笑不得 kū xiào bù dé
- 啼笑皆非 tí xiào jiē fēi
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