{"path":"/entry/39612","title":"得意忘形 (dé yì wàng xíng) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"得意忘形 (dé yì wàng xíng): so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":39612,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["得意忘形"],"TRADITIONAL":["得意忘形"]}},"phonetic":"dé yì wàng xíng","phoneticKey":"de2 yi4 wang4 xing2","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"beside oneself with joy","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":[],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[{"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["得"],"TRADITIONAL":["得"]}},"phonetic":"dé","primaryPhonetic":"de"}],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"Originally used to describe Ruan Ji","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"嗜酒能啸，善弹琴，当其得意，忽忘形骸。时人多谓之痴。","traditional":"嗜酒能嘯，善彈琴，當其得意，忽忘形骸。時人多謂之癡。"},"phonetic":"Shìjiǔ néng xiào, shàn tánqín, dāng qí déyì, hū wàng xínghái. Shírén duō wèi zhī chī.","english":"He drank a good deal, and was fond of whistling and playing music. When thus excited, he would often lose touch with his physical body, earning himself the reputation of an idiot.","ref":"648 CE, Fang Xuanling (lead editor), Book of Jin"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}