📖 Meaning
Describes a life of reckless indulgence in luxury, extravagance, and debauchery without restraint. It enumerates four vices: arrogance, lavishness, licentiousness, and idleness. It is essentially the same as the more common variant 骄奢淫逸.
📜 Origin Story
The idiom originates from the Zuo Zhuan (左传), a historical commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals compiled around the 4th century BC during the Warring States period. It names four vices—arrogance (骄), extravagance (奢), licentiousness (淫), and idle indulgence (泆)—as the roots of moral corruption. Classical historians used it to criticize nobles and rulers who squandered their wealth and virtue on decadent living. The variant 泆 (yí) is interchangeable with 逸 in later usage.
💡 Example Usage
他继承了巨额遗产后，过上了骄奢淫泆的生活，不久便将家产挥霍一空。
After inheriting a vast fortune, he lived a life of arrogant extravagance and debauchery, and soon squandered the entire family fortune.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 骄奢淫泆
- Pinyin: jiāo shē yín yí
- Literal Translation: proud, extravagant, lustful, idle
- Category: Lifestyle
- Characters: 4