阮郎迷

ruǎnlángmí
phrase

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 7-9
Tā xiànrù rèliàn, jiǎnzhí chéng le ruǎnlángmí, jiālǐ de shì quán pāo zài nǎo hòu.
Head over heels in love, he's turned into a 'Ruan-lad lost in dreams,' completely forgetting everything at home.
HSK 7-9
Xiǎoshuō lǐ de nánzhǔ jué 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

ruǎn
láng