沉醉
chén zuì
Pinyin

Definition

沉醉
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chén zuì
  1. to become intoxicated

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

沉重
chén zhòng
  1. 1 heavy
  2. 2 hard
  3. 3 serious
  4. 4 critical
沉默
chén mò
  1. 1 taciturn
  2. 2 uncommunicative
  3. 3 silent
醉
zuì
  1. 1 intoxicated
低沉
dī chén
  1. 1 overcast
  2. 2 gloomy
  3. 3 downcast
  4. 4 deep and low (of sound)
  5. 5 muffled
喝醉
hē zuì
  1. 1 to get drunk

Idioms (20)

一醉方休
yī zuì fāng xiū
  1. 1 to get thoroughly drunk (idiom)
  2. 2 to get plastered
不醉不归
bù zuì bù guī
  1. 1 to not go home until drunk (idiom)
  2. 2 let's make a night of it!
今朝有酒今朝醉
jīn zhāo yǒu jiǔ jīn zhāo zuì
  1. 1 to live in the moment (idiom)
  2. 2 to live every day as if it were one's last
  3. 3 to enjoy while one can
好酒沉瓮底
hǎo jiǔ chén wèng dǐ
  1. 1 lit. the best wine is at the bottom of the jug (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the best is saved for last
如痴如醉
rú chī rú zuì
  1. 1 lit. as if drunk and stupefied (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. intoxicated by sth
  3. 3 obsessed with
  4. 4 mad about sth

Sample Sentences

后来有位南郭先生听说了这事，心里琢磨着，觉得这可是个捞钱的大好机会，于是他千方百计地混进了那支乐队。虽然他根本不会吹竽，但每回乐队演奏，他都跟着装模作样，手指这么按一按，头那么摇一摇，不时地流露出沉醉的表情，看着还真像是一位专业的乐师。反正没吹出声，也不会出错被发现。
hòulái yǒu wèi Nánguō Xiānsheng tīngshuō le zhè shì ，xīnli zhuómo zhe ，juéde zhè kěshì ge lāoqián de dà hǎo jīhuì ，yúshì tā qiānfāngbǎijì de hùnjìn le nà Zhī yuèduì 。suīrán tā gēnběn bùhuì chuī yú ，dàn měi huí yuèduì yǎnzòu ，tā dōu gēnzhe zhuāngmózuòyàng ，shǒuzhǐ zhème àn yī àn ，tóu nàme Yáo yī Yáo ，bùshí de liúlù chū chénzuì de biǎoqíng ，kàn zhe hái zhēn xiàng shì yī wèi zhuānyè de yuèshī 。fǎnzhèng méi chuī chū shēng ，yě bùhuì chūcuò bèi fāxiàn 。
When a man named Nan Guo heard about this, he pondered to himself, thinking this is an amazing opportunity to fish for bucks. Therefore, he did everything possible to infiltrate this orchestra. Although he does not know how to play the yu at all, he just had to press a finger or two, nod his head a few times, and occasionally express that he is fully immersed to look like a real musician. As long as he doesn’t play out any sounds, no one would know if there was a mistake anyway.
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屈原觉得大家的心都很混浊，只有他是干净的，大家都沉醉在很糟糕的世界中，只有他是清醒的。
Qū Yuán juéde dàjiā de xīn dōu hěn hùnzhuó ，zhǐyǒu tā shì gānjìng de ，dàjiā dōu chénzuì zài hěn zāogāo de shìjiè zhōng ，zhǐyǒu tā shì qīngxǐng de 。
Qu Yuan felt that everyone's mind was muddied, only he was clear of mind. Everyone was drunk and intoxicated by the terrible world around them, and he was the only one that was sober.
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