靡曼
Chinese
extravagant; go with fashion; not extravagant; go with fashion; not; wasted | handsome; large; long | ||
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simp. and trad. (靡曼) | 靡 | 曼 |
Pronunciation
Adjective
靡曼
- (literary and archaic, chiefly derogatory) beautiful; extravagant
- 暴奪民衣食之財,以為錦繡文采靡曼之衣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Mozi, circa 4th century BCE, translated based on Y. P. Mei's version
- Bào duó mín yīshí zhī cái, yǐwèi jǐnxiù wéncǎi mǐmàn zhī yī. [Pinyin]
- [They would] rob [the people] of their means of livelihood in order to have elaborately embroidered and gorgeous garments.
暴夺民衣食之财,以为锦绣文采靡曼之衣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 簡鄭、衛之處子娥媌靡曼者,施芳澤,正蛾眉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Liezi, 1st – 5th century CE
- Jiǎn Zhèng, Wèi zhī chùzǐ émiáo mǐmàn zhě, shī fāngzé, zhèng éméi. [Pinyin]
- [They] selected the most delicate and beautiful among the maidens of Zheng and Wey, anointed them with fragrant perfumes, and sculpted their slender eyebrows.
简郑、卫之处子娥媌靡曼者,施芳泽,正蛾眉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Usage notes
Chiefly used with the connotation of decadence.