粵

歌go1舞mou5昇sing1平ping4

simp歌舞升平
go1 mou5 sing1 ping4gē wǔ shēng píng

English

  1. (lit.) to celebrate peace with songs and dance (idiom)
  2. (fig.) to make a show of happiness and prosperity
  3. peaceful and prosperous

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容太平盛世,人人安樂嘅景象

Examples

  • 上半年仲係歌舞昇平,下半年就有好多人破產跳樓。

    Society was peaceful and prosperous in the first half of the year, but in the second half of the year many people went bankrupt and committed suicide.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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