Definition
风月 literally means 'wind and moon' but is a literary compound with three distinct noun senses: (1) romantic love or love affairs (often in 风月之事 'matters of the heart'); (2) beautiful natural scenery, especially in classical poetry (风月无边 'boundless scenery'); (3) insubstantial or petty talk (风月之谈 'frivolous chatter', often derogatory). It's a formal or literary term, not used in everyday conversation.
n.
romantic lovelove affairsbeautiful scenery (esp. in classical literature)(of speech) insubstantialpettyfrivolous
Examples
- 风月，。Tā xǐhuan tánlùn fēng yuè zhī shì, zǒng shì lí bù kāi àiqíng de huàtí.He likes to talk about romantic matters and always dwells on love themes.
- 风月。Zhè shǒu shī miáoxiě le jiāngnán de fēng yuè měijǐng.This poem depicts the beautiful scenery of Jiangnan.
- 风月，。Tāmen shuō de nàxiē huà dōu shì fēng yuè zhī tán, bù shèjí shíjì wèntí.What they said was all frivolous talk that didn't address practical issues.
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