luxury and debauchery; decadent splendor
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesidiom
to be intoxicated by paper and gold; to indulge in a life of luxury and debauchery; to be lost in a corrupting environment of extravagance
literaryOriginally described glittering gold and paper that could intoxicate people. Now describes a corrupting atmosphere of extreme luxury, often with negative moral connotations. Also used in the variant form 金迷纸醉.
Tā他
chén沉
mí迷
yú于
zhǐ纸
zuì醉
jīn金
mí迷
de的
shēng生
huó活
，
zuì最
zhōng终
shī失
qù去
le了
zì自
wǒ我
。
He indulged in a life of luxury and debauchery, eventually losing himself.
Zhè这
zuò座
chéng城
shì市
zài在
zhǐ纸
zuì醉
jīn金
mí迷
de的
biǎo表
xiàng象
xià下
yǐn隐
cáng藏
zhe着
xǔ许
duō多
shè社
huì会
wèn问
tí题
。
Beneath its decadent splendor, this city hides many social problems.
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Nà那
xiē些
zhǐ纸
zuì醉
jīn金
mí迷
de的
pài派
duì对
ràng让
tā他
zhú逐
jiàn渐
duò堕
luò落
。
Those debauched parties gradually corrupted him.
Wǒ我
men们
bù不
néng能
bèi被
yǎn眼
qián前
de的
zhǐ纸
zuì醉
jīn金
mí迷
suǒ所
mí迷
huò惑
。
We must not be confused by the decadent luxuries before our eyes.