Chinese

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wind; news; style
wind; news; style; custom; manner
 
moon; month
trad. (風月)
simp. (风月)

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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風月

  1. (literally) gentle breeze and bright moonlight
  2. (figurative) scene; beautiful scenery
  3. (figurative) romance; love; lovemaking
  4. (figurative, literary) brothel; whorehouse
  5. (figurative, literary) prostitute

Adjective

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風月

  1. (figurative, literary) libertine; unrestrained
  2. (figurative, literary, of talk, etc.) small; petty

Verb

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風月

  1. (figurative, literary) to visit prostitutes

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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風月

  1. (historical) Ventôse (the sixth month of the French Republican Calendar)

See also

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