Shǔ

idiom

Meaning of 乐不思蜀

乐不思蜀 means so happy/indulged as to forget one's origins and duties; to be content in a new place and forget to return. Pronounced lè bù sī Shǔ.

  • so happy/indulged as to forget one's origins and duties; to be content in a new place and forget to return

Definitions & Examples

dào
le
guó
wài
 
bèi
de
fán
huá
suǒ
yǐn
 
yǒu
Shǔ
de
 

After arriving abroad, he was captivated by its prosperity and seemed quite content to forget his homeland.

Zhè
hái
zi
fàng
shǔ
jià
jiù
zhěng
tiān
zài
yóu
yuán
wán
 
jiǎn
zhí
shì
Shǔ
le
 

Once summer vacation starts, this kid plays in the amusement park all day long, completely forgetting to go home.

men
néng
bèi
zàn
shí
de
ān
suǒ
huò
 
zhì
Shǔ
 
wàng
le
jiān
shàng
de
rèn
 

We must not be deluded by temporary comfort to the point of abandoning ourselves to pleasure and forgetting our responsibilities.