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暖风熏得游人醉

暖風熏得遊人醉
nuǎnfēng xūn de yóurén zuì
quotation

Meanings

  1. 1 the warm breeze intoxicates the travelers
  2. 2 (fig., critical) comfort and ease make people forget their larger duty — especially rulers losing sight of a lost homeland
  3. 3 (lit.) warm — wind — smoke-infuses — until — traveler — drunk

Examples

西湖春游的时候，他吟起暖风熏得游人醉。
Xīhú chūn yóu de shíhòu, tā yín qǐ nuǎnfēngxūndeyóurénzuì.
Strolling West Lake in spring, he recited 'the warm breeze intoxicates the travelers.'
表面繁华，暖风熏得游人醉，其实危机暗藏。
Biǎomiàn fánhuá, nuǎnfēngxūndeyóurénzuì, qíshí wēijī àncáng.
On the surface all is prosperity — 'warm breeze making the travelers drunk' — but crisis lurks beneath.

Tips

history
From 林升《题临安邸》 (Lin Sheng, Southern Song, 12th c.), a quatrain written on an inn wall in 临安 (modern Hangzhou, the Southern Song capital after the loss of the north): 山外青山楼外楼，西湖歌舞几时休？暖风熏得游人醉，直把杭州作汴州 (Green hills beyond green hills, tower beyond tower — when will the song and dance by West Lake ever cease? The warm breeze makes the travelers drunk — they've come to treat Hangzhou as if it were Bianzhou). A savage protest against Southern Song court officials partying while Bianjing (Kaifeng) remained lost to the Jin.
usage
熏得 = 'infuses / smokes so that…' (得 is a classical complement marker). Almost always paired with 直把杭州作汴州 — together the two lines form one of the sharpest political indictments in Song poetry.

Stroke Order

暖 nuǎn
风 fēng
熏 xūn
得 de
游 yóu
人 rén
醉 zuì