及时行乐 (及時行樂)
jí shí xíng lè
Pinyin

Definition

及时行乐 (及時行樂)
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jí shí xíng lè
  1. to enjoy the present (idiom); to live happily with no thought for the future
  2. make merry while you can
  3. carpe diem

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

yǐ jí
  1. 1 as well as
  2. 2 too
  3. 3 and
  1. 1 and
  2. 2 to reach
  3. 3 up to
  4. 4 in time for
pái háng
  1. 1 to rank
  2. 2 ranking
  3. 3 seniority (among siblings)
lǚ xíng
  1. 1 to travel
  2. 2 journey
  3. 3 trip
  4. 4 classifier: 趟 tàng
  5. 5 classifier: 次 cì
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
liú xíng
  1. 1 (of a contagious disease etc) to spread
  2. 2 to propagate
  3. 3 (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular
  4. 4 fashionable

Idioms (20)

一意孤行
yī yì gū xíng
  1. 1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
  2. 2 willful
  3. 3 one's own way
  4. 4 dogmatic
一目十行
yī mù shí háng
  1. 1 ten lines at a glance (idiom)
  2. 2 to read very rapidly
一言一行
yī yán yī xíng
  1. 1 every word and action (idiom)
三人行,必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
  1. 1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)