chǐ

extravagant

wasteful; exaggerating

Person (亻) + too much (多) = extravagant excess

A person (亻) taking too much (多) captures excess as a human failing. The idea is simple: grabbing more than one's share is the root of extravagance.

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A personSemantic
ManySemantic

他的生活太奢,每天都在花很多钱。

tā de shēng huó tài shē chǐ, měi tiān dōu zài huā hěn duō qián。

his lifestyle is too extravagant; he spends a lot of money every day.

在那个穷苦的年代,吃肉都是一种奢

zài nà ge qióng kǔ de nián dài, chī ròu dōu shì yī zhǒng shē chǐ。

in that era of poverty, even eating meat was a kind of extravagance.

Words with 侈

侈糜

chǐ mí

variant of 侈靡[chi3 mi2]

侈谈

chǐ tán

to prate

侈靡

chǐ mí

wasteful

奢侈

shē chǐ

luxurious

奢侈品

shē chǐ pǐn

luxury good

穷奢极侈

qióng shē jí chǐ

extravagant in the extreme (idiom)

莫不逾侈

mò bù yú chǐ

there is no-one who is not extravagant

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