奢侈
Chinese
extravagant | extravagant; wasteful; exaggerating | ||
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trad. (奢侈) | 奢 | 侈 | |
simp. #(奢侈) | 奢 | 侈 | |
anagram | 侈奢 |
Pronunciation
Adjective
奢侈
- luxurious; extravagant
- 閒居是一種奢侈。/闲居是一种奢侈。 ― Xiánjū shì yī zhǒng shēchǐ. ― Being able to stay at home doing nothing in particular is a kind of luxury.
- 夫以奢侈之君,御妤淫僻之民,欲國無亂,不可得也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Mozi, c. 4th century BCE
- Fú yǐ shēchǐ zhī jūn, yù yú yínpì zhī mín, yù guó wúluàn, bùkě dé yě. [Pinyin]
- To have wasteful and extravagant rulers achieve good control over dissolute and mean people, and desire the state to be without disorder is out of the question.
夫以奢侈之君,御妤淫僻之民,欲国无乱,不可得也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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