Definition

1. Verb:

   • To overindulge: To engage excessively in pleasurable activities, especially those involving luxury, leisure, or sensory gratification, often to the point of wastefulness or extravagance.
   • To live it up / To revel: To enjoy oneself in a lively, noisy, and often extravagant way, typically in a social context involving celebration or partying.

2. Adjective / Adverbial Particle:

   • Extravagantly indulgent / In a hedonistic manner: Describes a lifestyle or behavior characterized by the relentless pursuit of pleasure and lavish enjoyment.

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • Sau khi trúng số, anh ta bắt đầu sống phè phỡn. (After winning the lottery, he began to overindulge.)
  • Họ phè phỡn suốt cả tuần ở khách sạn năm sao. (They lived it up for an entire week at a five-star hotel.)

• Adjective / Adverbial Particle:

  • Anh ấy có một lối sống phè phỡn, chỉ biết ăn chơi. (He has an extravagantly indulgent lifestyle, knowing only how to party.)
  • Cô ấy tiêu tiền một cách phè phỡn. (She spends money in a hedonistic manner.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "phè phỡn" carries a strong negative connotation of irresponsible excess and is often used in moral or critical contexts to disapprove of a wasteful, pleasure-seeking life that neglects duties or future consequences.

Variants and Related Words

• Ăn chơi phè phỡn (verb phrase): To indulge in excessive partying and entertainment.
  • Giới trẻ đó ăn chơi phè phỡn mà không lo cho tương lai. (That group of young people indulges in excessive partying without a care for the future.)

Synonyms

• To overindulge: To have too much of something enjoyable.
• To carouse: To drink alcohol and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way.
• To live extravagantly: To spend money or use resources in a lavish, wasteful way.

Related Idioms

• Sống phè phỡn: To live a life of extravagant indulgence.
  • Kẻ thừa kế chỉ biết sống phè phỡn trên tài sản của cha mẹ. (The heir only knows how to live a life of extravagant indulgence on their parents' wealth.)

verb

1. to overindulge