dissolute; debauched; licentious
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesadjective
dissolute; debauched; excessively indulgent in sensual pleasures (especially drinking and sex)
literaryA strongly negative term, often used in formal or literary contexts to describe rulers, nobles, or anyone living an excessively immoral and wasteful life.
Zhè这
wèi位
huáng皇
dì帝
yīn因
huāng荒
yín淫
wú无
dù度
ér而
wáng亡
guó国
。
This emperor brought about the downfall of his country due to his extreme debauchery.
Tā他
de的
shēng生
huó活
huāng荒
yín淫
wú无
chǐ耻
，
wéi为
shì世
rén人
suǒ所
bù不
chǐ齿
。
His dissolute and shameless life is despised by everyone.
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Xiǎo小
shuō说
miáo描
xiě写
le了
yī一
gè个
huāng荒
yín淫
de的
guì贵
zú族
jiā家
tíng庭
。
The novel depicts a debauched aristocratic family.