放浪形骸

Chinese

to be unrestrained; to be dissolute the human body; carcass
trad. (放浪形骸) 放浪 形骸
simp. #(放浪形骸) 放浪 形骸
Literally: “to give one's body to reckless abandon”.

Etymology

From the Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion by Wang Xizhi:

相與俯仰一世懐抱,悟言之内放浪形骸之外 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
相与俯仰一世怀抱,悟言之内放浪形骸之外 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
From: 353, 王羲之,蘭亭集序
Fú rén zhī xiāngyǔ, fǔyǎng yīshì, huò qǔ zhū huáibào, wùyán yī shì zhīnèi, huò yīn jì suǒ tuō, fànglàng xínghái zhīwài. [Pinyin]
For what men have to do with their fellows during their lifetimes, either fetched from their bosoms and discussed with others in certain rooms or taken from their apprehension and cast abroad far beyond their corporeal frames.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 2/2 1/1 1/1
Initial () (1) (37) (33) (33)
Final () (106) (101) (125) (33)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open Open Open
Division () III I IV II
Fanqie
Baxter pjangH langH heng heaj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pʉɐŋH/ /lɑŋH/ /ɦeŋ/ /ɦˠɛi/
Pan
Wuyun
/pʷiɐŋH/ /lɑŋH/ /ɦeŋ/ /ɦᵚæi/
Shao
Rongfen
/piuɑŋH/ /lɑŋH/ /ɣɛŋ/ /ɣɐi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/puaŋH/ /laŋH/ /ɦɛjŋ/ /ɦəɨj/
Li
Rong
/piuaŋH/ /lɑŋH/ /ɣeŋ/ /ɣɛi/
Wang
Li
/pĭwaŋH/ /lɑŋH/ /ɣieŋ/ /ɣɐi/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/piwaŋH/ /lɑŋH/ /ɣieŋ/ /ɣăi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fàng làng xíng xié
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fong3 long6 jing4 haai4

Idiom

放浪形骸

  1. to refuse to be bound by convention; to abandon oneself to Bohemianism