奢侈

奢侈

1. luxurious; extravagant

   閒居是一種奢侈。 [MSC, trad.]
   闲居是一种奢侈。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xiánjū shì yī zhǒng shēchǐ. [Pinyin]

   Being able to stay at home doing nothing in particular is a kind of luxury.

   • 夫以奢侈之君，御妤淫僻之民，欲國無亂，不可得也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夫以奢侈之君，御妤淫僻之民，欲国无乱，不可得也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mozi, c. 4^th century BCE

     Fú yǐ shēchǐ zhī jūn, yù yú yínpì zhī mín, yù guó wúluàn, bùkě dé yě. [Pinyin]

     To have wasteful and extravagant rulers achieve good control over dissolute and mean people, and desire the state to be without disorder is out of the question.