荒淫 (huāng yín) — dissolute, licentious (of a person's lifestyle, especially in formal or literary contexts)
Definition
A literary adjective-verb for extreme sexual and lifestyle indulgence ('dissolute, debauched') — used in formal writing about historical figures like emperors and aristocrats, not everyday speech.
verb
dissolutelicentious (of a person's lifestyle, especially in formal or literary contexts)
Examples
- 荒淫，。Zhè wèi huáng dì huāng yín wú dù, zuì zhōng dǎo zhì le guó jiā de miè wáng.This emperor was dissolute without measure, ultimately leading to the downfall of the country.
- 荒淫。Xiǎo shuō zhōng miáo xiě le yí gè huāng yín shē chǐ de guì zú shēng huó.The novel depicts a dissolute and extravagant aristocratic life.
- 荒淫。Lì shǐ shàng duì huāng yín jūn zhǔ de pī píng wǎng wǎng fēi cháng yán lì.Historical criticism of licentious monarchs is often very harsh.
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