hành lạc

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Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To indulge in pleasure / to revel: To actively seek and engage in sensory or worldly pleasures, often with a connotation of superficial or hedonistic enjoyment.
    • To carouse / to live for pleasure: To spend time in pursuit of amusement and physical gratification, typically implying a lack of higher purpose or moral restraint.
Usage Examples
  • Verb:
    • Kẻ giàu có ấy chỉ biết hành lạc, không lo đến tương lai. (That wealthy man only knows how to indulge in pleasure, with no thought for the future.)
    • Hắn sa đà vào con đường hành lạc. (He sank into a path of carousing.)
Advanced Usage
  • This term is considered literary and somewhat archaic in modern Vietnamese. It often carries a critical or moralizing tone, describing pleasure-seeking viewed as decadent, wasteful, or morally weak.
Variants and Related Words
  • Hưởng lạc (v): To enjoy pleasures. This is a close synonym but may have a slightly less negative connotation than "hành lạc".
    • Triết học hưởng lạc (The philosophy of hedonism).
Synonyms
  • To carouse: To drink and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way.
  • To revel: To enjoy oneself in a lively and noisy way, especially at a party or in a group.
  • To indulge: To allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of something.
Related Idioms
  • Hành lạc chủ nghĩa: Hedonism; the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good.
    • Lối sống theo chủ nghĩa hành lạc (A lifestyle following hedonism).
verb
  1. to rejoice