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酗酒

Mandarin · pinyin xù jiǔ

Meanings

  1. heavy drinking
  2. to get drunk
  3. to drink to excess
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酗
xù · drunk, to become violent under the influence of alcohol
酒
jiǔ · wine, spirits, liquor, alcoholic beverage
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4–3 · xu4 jiu3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jyu3 zau2

Cantonese word readings for 酗酒. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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jyu3 zau2

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verb

  1. to drink heavily; to drink excessively; to binge drink; to engage in alcoholism or alcohol abuse

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