朝歌暮宴

朝歌暮宴 in English

zhāo gē mù yàn: (idiom) From morning to evening, one does nothing but sing, dance, and feast. It describes a life of excessive pleasure.

Character breakdown

朝 cháo imperial or royal court
歌謌 gē song (CL:首[shou3],支[zhi1])
暮 mù evening
宴醼 yàn (bound form) to entertain at a banquet

Stroke order

Le caractère 朝 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 朝

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 歌 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 歌

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

朝

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 21 forms

歌

Bronze script 春秋晚期
Clerical script 東漢
See all 11 forms

宴

Bronze script 西周晚期
Clerical script 東漢
See all 5 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

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