luxurious clothes and food; extravagant lifestyle
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesidiom
brocade clothes and jade food; a life of luxury and extravagance
literaryLiterally 'brocade clothes and jade food'. A chengyu describing an opulent lifestyle. Often implies excessive wealth or comfort, and can carry a connotation of decadence or being out of touch with hardship.
Tā他
cóng从
xiǎo小
guò过
zhe着
jǐn锦
yī衣
yù玉
shí食
de的
shēng生
huó活
。
He has lived a life of luxury since childhood.
Nà那
xiē些
jǐn锦
yī衣
yù玉
shí食
de的
guì贵
zú族
bù不
liǎo了
jiě解
mín民
jiān间
jí疾
kǔ苦
。
Those nobles living in luxury do not understand the hardships of the common people.
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Yǔ与
qí其
zhuī追
qiú求
jǐn锦
yī衣
yù玉
shí食
，
bù不
rú如
zhuī追
qiú求
nèi内
xīn心
de的
píng平
jìng静
。
Rather than pursuing a lavish lifestyle, it is better to seek inner peace.
Guò过
dù度
zhuī追
qiú求
jǐn锦
yī衣
yù玉
shí食
wǎng往
wǎng往
huì会
dǎo导
zhì致
jīng精
shén神
kōng空
xū虚
。
Excessive pursuit of luxury often leads to spiritual emptiness.