Word information
Simplified吃喝玩乐
Traditional吃喝玩樂
Pinyinchī-hē-wán-lè
Part of speechGeneral
HSK 3.07-9
HSK 2.0Not listed
Chinese word dictionary
吃喝玩乐
chī-hē-wán-lè · lit. to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom); fig. to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
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吃chī
to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc); variant of 吃[chi1]
好吃hǎochītasty; delicious
好玩儿hǎowánrerhua variant of 好玩[hao3 wan2]
喝hēto drink; variant of 嗬[he1]
玩wánto play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy; sth used for amusement; curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wan4]); to keep sth for entertainment; variant of 玩[wan2]; Taiwan pr. [wan4]
快乐kuàilèhappy; joyful