chī hē wán lè

Traditional: 吃喝玩樂

HSK 7–9

吃喝玩乐 (chī hē wán lè) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom); fig. to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom)
  2. 2fig. to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure

Characters in 吃喝玩乐

吃chī · to eat; to consume喝hē · to drink玩wán · to play乐lào · used in place names

Related words

吃to eat; to consume吃variant of 吃[chi1]喝to drink喝to shout玩to play玩variant of 玩[wan2]快乐happy; joyful玩笑to joke音乐music开玩笑to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke玩意toy俱乐部(loanword) club (the organization or its premises)

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