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Chinese
Pronunciation
Idiom
吃喝玩樂
- (derogatory) to eat, drink and be merry; to seek pleasure instead of doing work
他不務正業，天天就知道吃喝玩樂。 [MSC, trad.]
他不务正业，天天就知道吃喝玩乐。 [MSC, simp.]- Tā bùwùzhèngyè, tiāntiān jiù zhīdào chīhēwánlè.
- He won't do an honest day's work, and instead spends his days just having fun.
Usage notes
Unlike the equivalent English idiom, “eat drink and be merry”, in some contexts this Chinese expression conveys a negative impression of shirking honest work to seek pleasure.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
吃喝玩樂 (“to eat, drink and be merry; to seek pleasure instead of doing work”)