"醉生夢死" meaning in 漢語

See 醉生夢死 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ mɤŋ⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɵy̯³³ sɐŋ⁵⁵ mʊŋ²² sei̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA] Forms: 醉生梦死 [Simplified-Chinese]
  1. 形容人的生活目的不夠明確,恍恍惚惚,好像是喝醉或在睡夢中
    Sense id: zh-醉生夢死-zh-phrase-YOxpSU3d Categories (other): 有引文的官話詞, 有引文的文言文詞
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 燈紅酒綠 (dēnghóngjiǔlǜ) [Traditional-Chinese], 灯红酒绿 (dēnghóngjiǔlǜ) [Simplified-Chinese], 紙醉金迷 (zhǐzuìjīnmí) [Traditional-Chinese], 纸醉金迷 (zhǐzuìjīnmí) [Simplified-Chinese]
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "zhěngēdàidàn",
      "word": "枕戈待旦"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「夢」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「死」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「生」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「醉」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有3個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "醉生梦死",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "有引文的官話詞",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "有引文的文言文詞",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              33,
              47
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "宋.魏了翁《水調歌頭.檥櫂漢嘉口》",
          "roman": "Kè yì wǎnrán chéng xiào, duōshào zuìshēngmèngsǐ, zhuǎn shǒu zǒng chéng āi.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Classical-Chinese",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "客亦莞然成笑,多少醉生夢死,轉首總成埃。"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              33,
              47
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "宋.魏了翁《水調歌頭.檥櫂漢嘉口》",
          "roman": "Kè yì wǎnrán chéng xiào, duōshào zuìshēngmèngsǐ, zhuǎn shǒu zǒng chéng āi.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Classical-Chinese",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "客亦莞然成笑,多少醉生梦死,转首总成埃。"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              135,
              149
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              41,
              45
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "《孽海花》第六回",
          "roman": "Nànián Fǎ Yuè héyuē qiāndìng yǐhòu, guórén zhōng yǒuxiē míngbái guóshì de, zìrán yào zījiē tàixī, fènhèn wàijiāo de shòu yú, dàn yībān zuìshēngmèngsǐ de dáguānguìrén, què yòu gègè xìnggāocǎiliè, gēwǔshēngpíng qǐlái.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "那年法越和約簽定以後,國人中有些明白國勢的,自然要咨嗟太息,憤恨外交的受愚,但一班醉生夢死的達官貴人,卻又個個興高采烈,歌舞昇平起來。"
        },
        {
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            [
              135,
              149
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              41,
              45
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "《孽海花》第六回",
          "roman": "Nànián Fǎ Yuè héyuē qiāndìng yǐhòu, guórén zhōng yǒuxiē míngbái guóshì de, zìrán yào zījiē tàixī, fènhèn wàijiāo de shòu yú, dàn yībān zuìshēngmèngsǐ de dáguānguìrén, què yòu gègè xìnggāocǎiliè, gēwǔshēngpíng qǐlái.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "那年法越和约签定以后,国人中有些明白国势的,自然要咨嗟太息,愤恨外交的受愚,但一班醉生梦死的达官贵人,却又个个兴高采烈,歌舞升平起来。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "形容人的生活目的不夠明確,恍恍惚惚,好像是喝醉或在睡夢中"
      ],
      "id": "zh-醉生夢死-zh-phrase-YOxpSU3d"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuìshēngmèngsǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄥ ㄇㄥˋ ㄙˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeoi³ sang¹ mung⁶ sei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuìshēngmèngsǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄥ ㄇㄥˋ ㄙˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuèishengmèngsǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsui⁴-shêng¹-mêng⁴-ssŭ³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzwèi-shēng-mèng-sž"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzueyshengmenqsyy"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czujšɛnmɛnsy",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзуйшэнмэнсы"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ mɤŋ⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeoi³ sang¹ mung⁶ sei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jeui sāng muhng séi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzoey³ sang¹ mung⁶ sei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zêu³ seng¹ mung⁶ séi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɵy̯³³ sɐŋ⁵⁵ mʊŋ²² sei̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "dēnghóngjiǔlǜ",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "燈紅酒綠"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dēnghóngjiǔlǜ",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "灯红酒绿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhǐzuìjīnmí",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "紙醉金迷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhǐzuìjīnmí",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "纸醉金迷"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "醉生夢死"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "zhěngēdàidàn",
      "word": "枕戈待旦"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「夢」的漢語詞",
    "帶「死」的漢語詞",
    "帶「生」的漢語詞",
    "帶「醉」的漢語詞",
    "有3個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語成語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "醉生梦死",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "有引文的官話詞",
        "有引文的文言文詞"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              33,
              47
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "宋.魏了翁《水調歌頭.檥櫂漢嘉口》",
          "roman": "Kè yì wǎnrán chéng xiào, duōshào zuìshēngmèngsǐ, zhuǎn shǒu zǒng chéng āi.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Classical-Chinese",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "客亦莞然成笑,多少醉生夢死,轉首總成埃。"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              33,
              47
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "宋.魏了翁《水調歌頭.檥櫂漢嘉口》",
          "roman": "Kè yì wǎnrán chéng xiào, duōshào zuìshēngmèngsǐ, zhuǎn shǒu zǒng chéng āi.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Classical-Chinese",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "客亦莞然成笑,多少醉生梦死,转首总成埃。"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              135,
              149
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              41,
              45
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "《孽海花》第六回",
          "roman": "Nànián Fǎ Yuè héyuē qiāndìng yǐhòu, guórén zhōng yǒuxiē míngbái guóshì de, zìrán yào zījiē tàixī, fènhèn wàijiāo de shòu yú, dàn yībān zuìshēngmèngsǐ de dáguānguìrén, què yòu gègè xìnggāocǎiliè, gēwǔshēngpíng qǐlái.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "那年法越和約簽定以後,國人中有些明白國勢的,自然要咨嗟太息,憤恨外交的受愚,但一班醉生夢死的達官貴人,卻又個個興高采烈,歌舞昇平起來。"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              135,
              149
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              41,
              45
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "《孽海花》第六回",
          "roman": "Nànián Fǎ Yuè héyuē qiāndìng yǐhòu, guórén zhōng yǒuxiē míngbái guóshì de, zìrán yào zījiē tàixī, fènhèn wàijiāo de shòu yú, dàn yībān zuìshēngmèngsǐ de dáguānguìrén, què yòu gègè xìnggāocǎiliè, gēwǔshēngpíng qǐlái.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "那年法越和约签定以后,国人中有些明白国势的,自然要咨嗟太息,愤恨外交的受愚,但一班醉生梦死的达官贵人,却又个个兴高采烈,歌舞升平起来。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "形容人的生活目的不夠明確,恍恍惚惚,好像是喝醉或在睡夢中"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuìshēngmèngsǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄥ ㄇㄥˋ ㄙˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeoi³ sang¹ mung⁶ sei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuìshēngmèngsǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄥ ㄇㄥˋ ㄙˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuèishengmèngsǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsui⁴-shêng¹-mêng⁴-ssŭ³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzwèi-shēng-mèng-sž"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzueyshengmenqsyy"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czujšɛnmɛnsy",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзуйшэнмэнсы"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ mɤŋ⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeoi³ sang¹ mung⁶ sei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jeui sāng muhng séi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzoey³ sang¹ mung⁶ sei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zêu³ seng¹ mung⁶ séi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɵy̯³³ sɐŋ⁵⁵ mʊŋ²² sei̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "dēnghóngjiǔlǜ",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "燈紅酒綠"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dēnghóngjiǔlǜ",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "灯红酒绿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhǐzuìjīnmí",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "紙醉金迷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhǐzuìjīnmí",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "纸醉金迷"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "醉生夢死"
}

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