汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 世外桃源
世外桃源
see 桃花源[tao2 hua1 yuan2]
Originally refers to the ideal state of isolation from the real society and a happy life / Later also refers to a place where the environment is quiet and life is comfortable / It refers to a beautiful world that is imaginary and separated from reality and struggle
陶渊明《桃花源记》描述的一个理想世界桃花林尽头是一个水源,水源处有一座山,山中是一个与世隔绝的地方,那儿没有战祸,人民安居乐业,祥和无欺◇用来指不受外界影响或理想中的美好地方。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

北海真是一个世外桃源

Behai was a real escape!

还要拥有一个世外桃源

Still have a xanadu.

感觉好像在世外桃源里一样。

I feel as if I were in a different world.

中国还有什么地方可以称之为世外桃源呢?

Is there anywhere untouched still left in China?

你愿意过一个月的世外桃源生活吗?

Would you enjoy spending a month of solitude in a beautiful natural setting?

呈现在我们面前的好像是一个世外桃源,哇!

Present in front of us like a xanadu, wow!

山坡下,长江边,“城市山林”里的世外桃源

Slopes under the Yangtze River Edge, "city forest" in the Shangri-la.

这花园依山傍水,四面苍松翠柏,绿树成荫,仿佛是世外桃源

Fronting water and with a hill at the back, this garden had a dense growth of evergreen trees and formed a "retreat away from the world".

他们想为这个地区营造出一个世外桃源的形象。

They encourage an image of the region as an otherworldly sort of place.

在我面前展现着整个山谷,像是一个世外桃源

In front of me lay the whole valley like a an untouched paradise on earth.