纨绔

紈絝
wánkù
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 fine silk trousers
  2. 2 a rich family's idle son; a dandy

Examples

HSK 6
Tā niánqīng shí shì ge wánkù, hòulái jiādào-zhōngluò, cái zhīdao shēnghuó de jiānnán.
He was an idle rich boy in his youth; only when his family fell on hard times did he learn how hard life is.
HSK 7-9
Tā cóngxiǎo jiāoshēng-guànyǎng, rǎnshàng le yìshēn wánkù xíqì.
Pampered from childhood, he picked up all the habits of a spoiled rich boy.

Tips

history
纨 is fine white silk and 绔 trousers. In ancient China only the rich could afford trousers of fine silk, so 纨绔 came to stand for their idle sons, mostly in 纨绔子弟. 绔 is also written 袴 or 裤.

Stroke Order

纨 wán
绔 kù