享受 | xiǎng shòu | to enjoy / to live it up / pleasure / CL:種|种[zhong3] | |
乐趣 | lè qù | delight / pleasure / joy | |
欢乐 | huān lè | gaiety / gladness / glee / merriment / pleasure / happy / joyous / gay | |
快感 | kuài gǎn | pleasure / thrill / delight / joy / pleasurable sensation / a high | |
乐事 | lè shì | pleasure | |
欢娱 | huān yú | to amuse / to divert / happy / joyful / pleasure / amusement | |
乐子 | lè zi | fun / pleasure / laughing matter | |
爱好 | ài hào | to like / to be fond of / to take pleasure in / to be keen on / interest / hobby / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
观赏 | guān shǎng | to look at sth with pleasure / to watch (sth marvelous) / ornamental | |
少见 | shǎo jiàn | rare / seldom seen / (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you | |
乐于 | lè yú | willing (to do sth) / to take pleasure in | |
津津有味 | jīn jīn yǒu wèi | with keen interest (idiom) / with great pleasure / with gusto / eagerly | |
吃喝玩乐 | chī hē wán lè | to eat, drink and be merry (idiom) / to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure | |
青楼 | qīng lóu | (literary) brothel / pleasure quarters | |
有请 | yǒu qǐng | to request the pleasure of seeing sb / to ask sb in / to ask sb to do sth (e.g. make a speech) | |
游船 | yóu chuán | pleasure boat / cruise ship | |
寻欢 | xún huān | to seek pleasure (esp. sexual) | |
助人为乐 | zhù rén wéi lè | pleasure from helping others (idiom) | |
笑逐颜开 | xiào zhú yán kāi | smile spread across the face (idiom) / beaming with pleasure / all smiles / joy written across one's face | |
性快感 | xìng kuài gǎn | sexual pleasure | |
花天酒地 | huā tiān jiǔ dì | to spend one's time in drinking and pleasure (idiom) / to indulge in sensual pleasures / life of debauchery | |
画舫 | huà fǎng | decorated pleasure boat | |
乐道 | lè dào | to take delight in talking about sth / to find pleasure in following one's convictions | |
玩赏 | wán shǎng | to appreciate / to take pleasure in / to enjoy | |
叫床声 | jiào chuáng shēng | to moan (in bed) / cries of pleasure during love-making | |
先睹为快 | xiān dǔ wéi kuài | joy of first experience (idiom) / the pleasure of reading sth for the first time | |
乐不思蜀 | lè bù sī Shǔ | indulge in pleasure and forget home and duty (idiom) | |
俾昼作夜 | bǐ zhòu zuò yè | to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs) / fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour | |
公诸同好 | gōng zhū tóng hào | to share pleasure in the company of others (idiom) / shared enjoyment with fellow enthusiasts | |
卜昼卜夜 | bǔ zhòu bǔ yè | day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc) | |
乐在其中 | lè zài qí zhōng | to take pleasure in sth (idiom) | |
雅人深致 | yǎ rén shēn zhì | refined pleasure of poetic minds | |
惊喜若狂 | jīng xǐ ruò kuáng | pleasantly surprised like mad (idiom) / capering madly with joy / to express boundless pleasure | |
三瓦两舍 | sān wǎ liǎng shè | places of pleasure (like brothels, tea houses etc) | |
寻欢作乐 | xún huān zuò lè | pleasure seeking (idiom) / life of dissipation | |
先天下之忧而忧,后天下之乐而乐 | xiān tiān xià zhī yōu ér yōu , hòu tiān xià zhī lè ér lè | The first concern is affairs of state, enjoying the pleasure comes later. Quotation from essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记 / by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fan4 Zhong4 yan1] | |
助人为快乐之本 | zhù rén wéi kuài lè zhī běn | pleasure from helping others | |
审美快感 | shěn měi kuài gǎn | esthetic pleasure | |
快感中心 | kuài gǎn zhōng xīn | pleasure center | |
性乐 | xìng lè | sexual pleasure / orgasm | |
生于优患,死于安乐 | shēng yú yōu huàn , sǐ yú ān lè | to thrive in calamity and perish in soft living / life springs from sorrow and calamity, death comes from ease and pleasure (idiom) | |
逸豫 | yì yù | idleness and pleasure | |
生于忧患,死于安乐 | shēng yú yōu huàn , sǐ yú ān lè | to thrive in calamity and perish in soft living (idiom) / life springs from sorrow and calamity, death comes from ease and pleasure | |
鱼水之欢 | yú shuǐ zhī huān | the pleasure of close intimacy in a couple (idiom) / sexual intercourse | |
小确幸 | xiǎo què xìng | sth small that one can find pleasure in (e.g. a cold beer after a hard day or a serendipitous find in a second-hand store) | |