Definition

1. 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.

2. 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