放浪形骸
Chinese edit
to be unrestrained; to be dissolute | the human body; carcass | ||
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trad. (放浪形骸) | 放浪 | 形骸 | |
simp. #(放浪形骸) | 放浪 | 形骸 |
Etymology edit
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 edit
Idiom edit
放浪形骸
- to refuse to be bound by convention; to abandon oneself to Bohemianism