陶然

táorán

adjective

Meanings

1 happy and carefree
2 blissfully content
3 pleasantly tipsy

Characters

pottery; to delight

-like; so (adverb suffix)

Examples

HSK 5

几杯酒下肚，他陶然自得。

Jǐ bēi jiǔ xià dù, tā táorán zì dé.

After a few cups of wine, he was happily content with himself.

HSK 7-9

山间的小屋让人陶然忘忧。

Shānjiān de xiǎowū ràng rén táorán wàng yōu.

The little cabin in the mountains made one blissfully forget all worries.

HSK 7-9

北京有个著名的公园叫陶然亭。

Běijīng yǒu ge zhùmíng de gōngyuán jiào Táorán tíng.

There's a famous park in Beijing called Taoranting ("Pavilion of Carefree Joy").

Tips

history

Táorántíng (陶然亭) in Beijing, now a large public park, takes its name from a line by Tang poet Bai Juyi: "更待菊黄家酿熟，共君一醉一陶然" - "wait till the chrysanthemums yellow and the home-brew is ripe, and together we'll get drunk, together be carefree." The Qing-era pavilion was built in 1695 using that line as inspiration.

register

Literary. In everyday speech you're much more likely to hear 开心, 舒服, or 自在; 陶然 shows up in essays, poetry, and place names, or to deliberately sound cultured.

Stroke Order

陶 táo

然 rán