Definition

1. Verb:
   • To indulge in dissipation: To spend one's time and resources excessively on frivolous or hedonistic pleasures, often implying a lack of responsibility.
   • To lead a life of debauchery: To engage in a morally corrupt lifestyle characterized by excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures, such as partying, drinking, and promiscuity.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ta chỉ biết ăn chơi, không lo làm ăn. (He only knows how to indulge in dissipation and doesn't focus on work.)
  • Sau khi thừa kế, nó bắt đầu một cuộc sống ăn chơi trác táng. (After inheriting the money, he started a life of wild debauchery.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase often carries a strong negative moral judgment, criticizing someone for being wasteful, irresponsible, or morally loose.
• It can describe both a temporary period of excess or a permanent lifestyle.

Variants and Related Words

• Kẻ ăn chơi / Người ăn chơi (n): A playboy, a debauchee, a hedonist. This noun form refers to the person who lives such a lifestyle.
  • Anh ấy nổi tiếng là một tay ăn chơi ở thành phố. (He is famous for being a playboy in the city.)

Synonyms

• To carouse: To drink and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way.
• To live it up: To live in a lively and extravagant way.
• To debauch: To indulge in sensual pleasures to a degrading degree.

Related Idioms

• Ăn chơi đàng điếm: An intensified phrase emphasizing a scandalous, promiscuous, and utterly dissipated lifestyle.
  • Cảnh sát đột kích vào sòng bạc, nơi tụ tập của giới ăn chơi đàng điếm. (The police raided the casino, a gathering place for the scandalously debauched crowd.)

verb

1. To indulge in dissipation, to sink in depravity, to live a debauched life, to lead a life of debauchery
   • người ăn chơi
     playboy, debauchee