放浪形骸

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Chinese

to be unrestrained; to be dissolute the human body; carcass
trad. (放浪形骸) 放浪 形骸
simp. #(放浪形骸) 放浪 形骸

Etymology

Literally: to give one's body to reckless abandon.

From the Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion, by Wang Xizhi (王羲之).

Pronunciation


Idiom

放浪形骸

  1. to refuse to be bound by convention; to abandon oneself to Bohemianism