放浪形骸

Chinese

		to be unrestrained; to be dissolute	the human body; carcass
trad. (放浪形骸)		放浪	形骸
simp. ^#(放浪形骸)		放浪	形骸

Etymology

Literally: to give one's body to reckless abandon.

From the Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion, by Wang Xizhi (王羲之).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fànglàng xínghái

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄌㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄞˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fànglàng xínghái
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄌㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fànglàng sínghái
  - Wade–Giles: fang⁴-lang⁴ hsing²-hai²
  - Yale: fàng-làng syíng-hái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqlanq shynghair
  - Palladius: фанлан синхай (fanlan sinxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɑŋ⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵ xaɪ̯³⁵/

Idiom

放浪形骸

to refuse to be bound by convention; to abandon oneself to Bohemianism

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