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Chinese
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extravagant
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extravagant; go with fashion; not extravagant; go with fashion; not; wasted |
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奢
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靡
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| simp. #(奢靡)
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奢
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靡
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奢糜
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Pronunciation
Adjective
奢靡
- extravagant; profligate; wasteful
- 奢靡之風／奢靡之风 ― shēmǐ zhī fēng ― extravagance
太原、上黨又多晉公族子孫，以詐力相傾，矜夸功名，報仇過直，嫁取送死奢靡。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
太原、上党又多晋公族子孙，以诈力相倾，矜夸功名，报仇过直，嫁取送死奢靡。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Book of Han, circa 1st century CE
- Tàiyuán, Shàngdǎng yòu duō Jìn gōngzú zǐsūn, yǐ zhàlì xiàngqīng, jīnkuā gōngmíng, bàochóu guòzhí, jiàqǔ sòngsǐ shēmǐ.
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比來天下奢靡，轉相倣效，而徐公雅尚自若，不與俗同。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
比来天下奢靡，转相仿效，而徐公雅尚自若，不与俗同。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]- From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3rd century CE
- Bǐlái tiānxià shēmǐ, zhuǎn xiàng fǎngxiào, ér Xú gōng yǎ shàng zìruò, bù yǔ sú tóng.
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