Definition
放荡 (fàngdàng) describes a person’s behavior or lifestyle that is morally unrestrained, often in a negative sense — drinking, partying, or sexual promiscuity. Unlike 'unconventional', which can be positive in English, 放荡 always carries disapproval. You’ll see it in collocations like 放荡不羁 (wild and unrestrained) and 生活放荡 (dissolute life).
s.v.
dissolutelicentiousunconventional (in a derogatory sense)
Examples
- 放荡。Tā guòzhe fàng dàng de shēnghuó.He lives a dissolute life.
- 放荡。Zhè zhǒng fàng dàng de xíngwéi ràng rén wúfǎ jiēshòu.This kind of dissolute behavior is unacceptable.
- 放荡。Tā bù xǐhuan nàxiē fàng dàng de rén.She doesn't like those dissolute people.
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