醉生梦死 — Chinese idiom
醉生梦死
zuì shēng mèng sǐ
Traditional: 醉生夢死
Meaning
- as if drunk or entranced ; leading a befuddled existence
- in a drunken stupor
Character by character
- 醉zuìintoxicated, drunk; addicted
- 生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth
- 梦mèngdream
- 死sǐdead; death; impassable, inflexible
Idioms sharing a character
- 一醉方休 yī zuì fāng xiū
- 不醉不归 bù zuì bù guī
- 如痴如醉 rú chī rú zuì
- 我醉欲眠 wǒ zuì yù mián
- 烂醉如泥 làn zuì rú ní
- 纸醉金迷 zhǐ zuì jīn mí
- 酩酊大醉 mǐng dǐng dà zuì
- 一生一世 yī shēng yī shì
- 一线生机 yī xiàn shēng jī
- 七窍生烟 qī qiào shēng yān
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