酒色财气 / 酒色財氣

jiǔ​sè​cái​qì

four cardinal vices

The four traditional vices: wine, sex, wealth, and anger; refers more generally to bad habits or harmful desires.

酒 (literal) → 酒 · jiǔ · alcohol 色 (literal) → 色 · sè · sex 财 (literal) → 财/財 · cái · wealth 气 (literal) → 气/氣 · qì · anger

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

created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM