"Pleasure" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 xiǎng shòu to enjoy / to live it up / pleasure / CL:種|种[zhong3]
 lè qù delight / pleasure / joy
 huān lè gaiety / gladness / glee / merriment / pleasure / happy / joyous / gay
 kuài gǎn pleasure / thrill / delight / joy / pleasurable sensation / a high
 lè shì pleasure
 huān yú to amuse / to divert / happy / joyful / pleasure / amusement
 lè zi fun / pleasure / laughing matter
 ài hào to like / to be fond of / to take pleasure in / to be keen on / interest / hobby / CL:個|个[ge4]
 guān shǎng to look at sth with pleasure / to watch (sth marvelous) / ornamental
 shǎo jiàn rare / seldom seen / (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you
 lè yú willing (to do sth) / to take pleasure in
 jīn jīn yǒu wèi with keen interest (idiom) / with great pleasure / with gusto / eagerly
 chī hē wán lè to eat, drink and be merry (idiom) / to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
 qīng lóu (literary) brothel / pleasure quarters
 yǒu qǐng to request the pleasure of seeing sb / to ask sb in / to ask sb to do sth (e.g. make a speech)
 yóu chuán pleasure boat / cruise ship
 xún huān to seek pleasure (esp. sexual)
 zhù rén wéi lè pleasure from helping others (idiom)
 xiào zhú yán kāi smile spread across the face (idiom) / beaming with pleasure / all smiles / joy written across one's face
 xìng kuài gǎn sexual pleasure
 huā tiān jiǔ dì to spend one's time in drinking and pleasure (idiom) / to indulge in sensual pleasures / life of debauchery
 huà fǎng decorated pleasure boat
 lè dào to take delight in talking about sth / to find pleasure in following one's convictions
 wán shǎng to appreciate / to take pleasure in / to enjoy
 jiào chuáng shēng to moan (in bed) / cries of pleasure during love-making
 xiān dǔ wéi kuài joy of first experience (idiom) / the pleasure of reading sth for the first time
 lè bù sī Shǔ indulge in pleasure and forget home and duty (idiom)
 bǐ zhòu zuò yè to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs) / fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
 gōng zhū tóng hào to share pleasure in the company of others (idiom) / shared enjoyment with fellow enthusiasts
 bǔ zhòu bǔ yè day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc)
 lè zài qí zhōng to take pleasure in sth (idiom)
 yǎ rén shēn zhì refined pleasure of poetic minds
 jīng xǐ ruò kuáng pleasantly surprised like mad (idiom) / capering madly with joy / to express boundless pleasure
 sān wǎ liǎng shè places of pleasure (like brothels, tea houses etc)
 xún huān zuò lè pleasure seeking (idiom) / life of dissipation
 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]
 zhù rén wéi kuài lè zhī běn pleasure from helping others
 shěn měi kuài gǎn esthetic pleasure
 kuài gǎn zhōng xīn pleasure center
 xìng lè sexual pleasure / orgasm
 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)
 yì yù idleness and pleasure
 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
 yú shuǐ zhī huān the pleasure of close intimacy in a couple (idiom) / sexual intercourse
 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)
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