十指不沾陽春水 shí zhǐ bù zhān yáng chūn shuǐ

to lead a pampered life

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to lead a pampered life
  2. 2. to have no need to fend for oneself (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
ten; 10
to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; finger
not; no; (negative prefix)
to moisten; to touch
Yang, opposite: yīn; sun; male principle (Taoism)
spring (season); youthful; joyful
water; liquid; beverage