樂不思蜀

See also: 乐不思蜀

Chinese

		music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful	not; no	to think; to consider	Shu Han
trad. (樂不思蜀)		樂	不	思	蜀
simp. (乐不思蜀)		乐	不	思	蜀

Etymology

From Sanguozhi, said by Liu Shan when he was living in Cao Wei after the collapse of Shu Han:

他日，王問禪曰：「頗思蜀否？」禪曰：「此間樂，不思蜀。」 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

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他日，王问禅曰：「颇思蜀否？」禅曰：「此间乐，不思蜀。」 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3^rd century CE

Tārì, wáng wèn Chán yuē: “Pō sī Shǔ fǒu?” Chán yuē: “Cǐjiān lè, bùsī Shǔ.” [Pinyin]

Another day, the prince (Sima Zhao) asked Liu Shan, “Do you still miss Shu very much?” Liu Shan replied, “I enjoy life here and don't miss Shu at all.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lèbùsīshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄙ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ bat¹ si¹ suk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lèbùsīshǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄙ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lèbùsihshǔ
    • Wade–Giles: lê⁴-pu⁴-ssŭ¹-shu³
    • Yale: lè-bù-sz̄-shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lehbusyshuu
    • Palladius: лэбусышу (lɛbusyšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ bat¹ si¹ suk⁶
    • Yale: lohk bāt sī suhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ bat⁷ si¹ suk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ bed¹ xi¹ sug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² pɐt̚⁵ siː⁵⁵ sʊk̚²/

Idiom

樂不思蜀

1. (derogatory) to have so much fun that one forgets one's origins, or that one has to return; to indulge in pleasure and forget home and duty; to be too happy to be homesick