阮郎迷

ruǎnlángmí

idiom

Meanings

1 a man infatuated with a woman and unable to return home
2 lost in romantic indulgence

Characters

lost, infatuated

Examples

他陷入热恋，简直成了阮郎迷，家里的事全抛在脑后。

Tā xiànrù rèliàn, jiǎnzhí chéngle ruǎnlángmí, jiā lǐ de shì quán pāo zài nǎohòu.

Head over heels in love, he's turned into a 'Ruan-lad lost in dreams,' completely forgetting everything at home.

小说里的男主角是个阮郎迷，最终才醒悟过来。

Xiǎoshuō lǐ de nán zhǔjué shì ge ruǎnlángmí, zuìzhōng cái xǐngwù guòlái.

The male lead in the novel is a lovestruck wanderer who only comes to his senses at the end.

Tips

history

From the Ruan Zhao legend: a Han-era man who followed fairy women into the mountains and, lost in pleasure, never found his way back. Later a Tang-dynasty 教坊曲 tune name, cemented by the Tang poet-priestess Li Ye's line 莫学阮郎迷 — 'do not get lost like young Ruan.'

Stroke Order

阮 ruǎn

郎 láng

迷 mí