金迷纸醉

金迷紙醉

jīnmí-zhǐzuì

idiom

Meanings

1 dazzling with paper and gold (idiom)
2 indulging in a life of luxury and dissipation
3 decadent extravagance

Characters

drunk / intoxicated

Examples

HSK 7-9

他过着金迷纸醉的生活，最终身败名裂。

Tā guò zhe jīnmí-zhǐzuì de shēnghuó, zuìzhōng shēnbàimíngliè.

He led a life of dissipated luxury, and in the end his name was ruined.

HSK 7-9

民国时期的上海曾被称为金迷纸醉的城市。

Mínguó shíqī de Shànghǎi céng bèi chēngwéi jīnmí-zhǐzuì de chéngshì.

Republican-era Shanghai was once described as a city of dazzling decadence.

Tips

history

From Tao Gu's 《清异录》 (Song dynasty): a sick rich man's room was decorated with gold-fitted utensils and shimmering paper, so brilliant that a stay there 'made one drunk on paper and lost in gold' (令人金迷纸醉). The phrase has flipped to mean intoxicating but corrupting luxury.

Stroke Order

金 jīn

迷 mí

纸 zhǐ

醉 zuì