be lapped in luxury

be lapped in luxury

The Chinese idiom Qi ó ngsh ē J í y ù, which means to describe the extreme of luxury and greed, comes from Gu yongzhuan in Hanshu.

Idiom explanation

Poverty: extreme; luxury: luxury; desire: the concept of pleasure. Luxury and greed are at their peak.

The origin of Idioms

"Gu yongzhuan in the book of Han Dynasty:" extravagance, extravagance, extravagance. "

Idiom usage

In the biography of Guyong and DUYE in the history of Han Dynasty, it is said that "immorality, violence, extravagance and lust, and indulgence in immorality." and extravagance, decline will reach it. A biography of Daoism by Yan Fu