酒 色 之 徒

jiǔ sè zhī túdictionary entry

follower of wine and women / dissolute person

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Original source entry:

酒色之徒酒色之徒 [jiu3 se4 zhi1 tu2] /follower of wine and women/dissolute person/

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酒
jiǔ
wine (esp. rice wine) / liquor / spirits / alcoholic beverage / CL:杯[bēi],瓶[píng],罐[guàn],桶[tǒng],缸[gāng]
色
sè
color / CL:種|种[zhǒng] / look / appearance / sex
shǎi
(coll.) color / used in 色子[shǎi zi]
之
zhī
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de]) / him / her / it
徒
tú
(bound form) disciple / apprentice / believer / (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 騙徒|骗徒[piàn tú] "swindler" or 叛徒[pàn tú] "traitor" etc) / (bound form) on foot / (bound form) bare / empty / (bound form) to no avail / in vain / (bound form) merely / just / only / (bound form) prison sentence
Tú
surname Tu

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