variant of 纸醉金迷; life of luxury and dissipation
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesidiom
to be dazzled by gold and charmed by paper; living a life of luxury and dissipation; gaudy and extravagant
literaryVariant form of 纸醉金迷 (zhǐ zuì jīn mí). This order is less common but semantically identical. Originally described the dazzling decoration of a room, later metaphorically referring to corrupt, extravagant lifestyles.
Zài在
zhè这
zhǒng种
jīn金
mí迷
zhǐ纸
zuì醉
de的
shēng生
huó活
zhōng中
，
tā他
zhú逐
jiàn渐
mí迷
shī失
le了
zì自
wǒ我
。
In this life of luxury and dissipation, he gradually lost himself.
Xī昔
rì日
de的
jīn金
mí迷
zhǐ纸
zuì醉
zhī之
dì地
，
rú如
jīn今
yǐ已
biàn变
chéng成
le了
yī一
piàn片
fèi废
xū墟
。
What was once a place of gaudy extravagance has now turned into ruins.
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Tā他
yàn厌
juàn倦
le了
nà那
zhǒng种
jīn金
mí迷
zhǐ纸
zuì醉
de的
rì日
zi子
，
jué决
dìng定
guī归
yǐn隐
shān山
lín林
。
Tired of that debauched lifestyle, he decided to retreat to the mountains.