花天酒地

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	day; sky; heaven	alcoholic drink	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (花天酒地)		花	天	酒	地
simp. #(花天酒地)		花	天	酒	地
Literally: “flowers in the sky, alcohol on the ground”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huātiānjiǔdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ tin¹ zau² dei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huātiānjiǔdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huatianjiǒudì
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-tʻien¹-chiu³-ti⁴
    • Yale: hwā-tyān-jyǒu-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huatianjeoudih
    • Palladius: хуатяньцзюди (xuatjanʹczjudi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ tin¹ zau² dei⁶
    • Yale: fā tīn jáu deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ tin¹ dzau² dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ tin¹ zeo² déi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯³⁵ tei̯²²/

Idiom

花天酒地

1. (figurative) to indulge in sensual pleasures; to spend one's time in drinking and pleasure; life of debauchery

See also

• 風花雪月／风花雪月 (fēnghuāxuěyuè)