花天酒地

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	day; sky; heaven	alcoholic drink	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (花天酒地)		花	天	酒	地
simp. ^#(花天酒地)		花	天	酒	地
Literally: “flowers in the sky, alcohol on the ground”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huātiānjiǔdì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚㄊㄧㄢㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ tin¹ zau² dei⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huātiānjiǔdì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚㄊㄧㄢㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huatianjeoudih
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ti⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faa¹ tin¹ zau² dei⁶
  - Yale: fā tīn jáu deih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ tin¹ dzau² dei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ tin¹ zeo² déi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /fäː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯³⁵ tei̯²²/

Idiom

花天酒地

(figuratively) to indulge in sensual pleasures; to spend one's time in drinking and pleasure; life of debauchery

See also

風花雪月／风花雪月 (fēnghuāxuěyuè)

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