trác táng
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Definition
Adjective:
- Licentious, debauched, dissolute: Describes a person who leads an immoral life, characterized by excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures and a lack of restraint, especially regarding sexual activity and revelry.
- Profligate, wanton: Indicates reckless extravagance or wastefulness in the pursuit of pleasure.
Adverb:
- Licentiously, dissolutely: Describes the manner of behaving in a morally unrestrained, debauched way.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- Sau khi thừa kế tài sản, anh ta sống một cuộc đời trác táng. (After inheriting the fortune, he lived a licentious life.)
- Những bữa tiệc trác táng của giới quý tộc đã bị lên án. (The debauched parties of the nobility were condemned.)
Adverb:
- Họ ăn chơi trác táng, tiêu xài hết tiền trong vài tháng. (They lived dissolutely, spending all the money in a few months.)
Advanced Usage
- The term often carries a strong moral judgment and is used in formal or literary contexts to criticize extreme hedonism and moral decay.
- It can describe not just individuals but also periods, atmospheres, or lifestyles characterized by such excess.
Variants and Related Words
- Trụy lạc (adj): Decadent, depraved. Often used similarly to describe moral corruption through pleasure.
- Phóng đãng (adj): Dissolute, libertine. Emphasizes a lack of moral discipline.
- Ăn chơi (v): To party, to revel. A more common, less severe term for engaging in entertainment and pleasure-seeking.
Synonyms
- Debauched: Indulging in sensual pleasures to a harmful degree.
- Dissolute: Lacking moral restraint, especially in sexual conduct.
- Profligate: Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the pursuit of pleasure.
- Wanton: Deliberate and unprovoked, often referring to sexual immorality or cruelty.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Đời sống trác táng: A life of debauchery.
- Cuốn tiểu thuyết vẽ nên bức tranh về một đời sống trác táng. (The novel paints a picture of a life of debauchery.)
- Chìm đắm trong trác táng: To be immersed in/wallow in licentiousness.
- Nhân vật chính dần chìm đắm trong trác táng. (The main character gradually became immersed in licentiousness.)
adj, adv licentious, loose