穷奢极欲 (窮奢極欲)
qióng shē jí yù
Pinyin

Definition

穷奢极欲 (窮奢極欲)
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qióng shē jí yù
  1. to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

奢侈
shē chǐ
  1. 1 luxurious
  2. 2 extravagant
奢侈品
shē chǐ pǐn
  1. 1 luxury good
奢望
shē wàng
  1. 1 an extravagant hope
  2. 2 to have excessive expectations
欲
yù
  1. 1 desire
  2. 2 appetite
  3. 3 passion
  4. 4 lust
  5. 5 greed
欲望
yù wàng
  1. 1 desire
  2. 2 longing
  3. 3 appetite
  4. 4 craving

Idioms (20)

利欲熏心
lì yù xūn xīn
  1. 1 blinded by greed (idiom)
呼之欲出
hū zhī yù chū
  1. 1 lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. on the verge of coming out into the open
  3. 3 (of a person's choice etc) on the point of being disclosed
  4. 4 (of an artistic depiction) vividly portrayed
喷薄欲出
pēn bó yù chū
  1. 1 to be on the verge of eruption (idiom)
  2. 2 (of the sun) to emerge in all its brilliance
垂涎欲滴
chuí xián yù dī
  1. 1 to drool with desire (idiom); to envy
  2. 2 to hunger for
奢入俭难
shē rù jiǎn nán
  1. 1 it is hard to become frugal after becoming accustomed to luxury (idiom)