今朝放荡思无涯

今朝放蕩思無涯

jīnzhāo fàngdàng sī wúyá

quotation

Meanings

1 today my spirits roam free without limit

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

孟郊考中进士后写下“今朝放荡思无涯”，高兴得不得了。

Mèng Jiāo kǎozhòng jìnshì hòu xiěxià " jīnzhāo fàngdàng sī wúyá ", gāoxìng de bùdéliǎo.

After passing the highest imperial exam, Meng Jiao wrote 'today my spirits roam free without limit', overjoyed.

Tips

mistakes

放荡 means "dissolute" today, but here it is "free, unrestrained": after years of failure the poet's thoughts run without limit.

history

The second line of 孟郊's 登科后, written in 796 when he passed the jinshi exam at forty-six. The line after it, 春风得意马蹄疾, gave the idiom 春风得意.

Stroke Order

今 jīn

朝 cháo

放 fàng

荡 dàng

思 sī

无 wú

涯 yá