live in luxury; extravagant lifestyle
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesidiom
to live in luxury; (of aristocratic families) to dine with bells ringing and ritual tripods arrayed
literaryOriginally described the lavish lifestyle of ancient aristocracy where bells were rung during meals and food was served in ritual bronze tripods (ding). Now used to describe any extremely luxurious or extravagant way of living, often with a literary or classical tone.
Lǘ闾
yán阎
pū扑
dì地
,
zhōng钟
míng鸣
dǐng鼎
shí食
zhī之
jiā家
。
Houses packed the ground, homes of the rich and powerful where bells rang and tripods stood.
Zhè这
zhǒng种
zhōng钟
míng鸣
dǐng鼎
shí食
de的
shēng生
huó活
,
shì是
tā他
yī一
zhí直
xiàng向
wǎng往
de的
。
This kind of extravagant lifestyle is what he has always longed for.
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Jiǎ贾
fǔ府
shì是
zhōng钟
míng鸣
dǐng鼎
shí食
de的
dà大
jiā家
zú族
。
The Jia household was a large aristocratic family living in luxury.