宴安鸩毒
yàn'ān​zhèn​dú

pleasure is poison

  • created sense approved 宴安鸩毒/宴安鴆毒 · yàn'ān​zhèn​dú · pleasure is poison — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    宴安鸩毒 / 宴安鴆毒

    yàn'ān​zhèn​dú

    pleasure is poison

    To indulge in ease and pleasure is like drinking poison; used to warn that a life of luxury and indolence leads to ruin (often said of a ruler ruining a state)

    宴安 (literal) → 宴安 · yàn'ān · leisure and comfort 鸩毒 (literal) → 鸩毒/鴆毒 · zhèn​dú · poisoned wine

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense