纸醉金迷 — Chinese idiom
纸醉金迷
zhǐ zuì jīn mí
Traditional: 紙醉金迷
Meaning
- lit. dazzling with paper and gold ; fig. indulging in a life of luxury
Character by character
- 纸zhǐpaper
- 醉zuìintoxicated, drunk; addicted
- 金jīngold, metal; money
- 迷míto bewitch, to charm; a fan of; infatuated
Idioms sharing a character
- 一纸空文 yī zhǐ kōng wén
- 敬惜字纸 jìng xī zì zhǐ
- 洛阳纸贵 Luò yáng zhǐ guì
- 纸上谈兵 zhǐ shàng tán bīng
- 纸短情长 zhǐ duǎn qíng cháng
- 跃然纸上 yuè rán zhǐ shàng
- 钻故纸堆 zuān gù zhǐ duī
- 一醉方休 yī zuì fāng xiū
- 不醉不归 bù zuì bù guī
- 如痴如醉 rú chī rú zuì
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