风月 (fēng yuè) — romantic love, love affairs; beautiful scenery (esp. in classical literature); (of speech) insubstantial, petty, frivolous
Definition
Literary/classical term that pairs 风 (wind) and 月 (moon) to evoke romantic love or beautiful natural scenery — rarely used in modern spoken Chinese. Often appears in set phrases like 风月之事 or 风月之谈.
noun
romantic lovelove affairsbeautiful scenery (esp. in classical literature)(of speech) insubstantialpettyfrivolous
Examples
- 风月，。Tā xǐ huan tán lùn fēng yuè zhī shì, zǒng shì lí bù kāi ài qíng de huà tí.He likes to talk about romantic matters and always dwells on love themes.
- 风月。Zhè shǒu shī miáo xiě le jiāng nán de fēng yuè měi jǐng.This poem depicts the beautiful scenery of Jiangnan.
- 风月，。Tā men shuō de nà xiē huà dōu shì fēng yuè zhī tán, bú shè jí shí jì wèn tí.What they said was all frivolous talk that didn't address practical issues.
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