喝断片

喝斷片

hēduànpiàn

verb

Meanings

1 to get blackout drunk
2 to drink until one's memory cuts out

Characters

to break / to cut off

slice / film reel

Examples

昨晚聚会我喝断片了,怎么回家的都不记得。

Zuó wǎn jùhuì wǒ hē duànpiàn le, zěnme huí jiā de dōu bú jìde.

I blacked out at the party last night — no idea how I got home.

他酒量一般,三杯就能喝断片。

Tā jiǔliàng yìbān, sān bēi jiù néng hē duànpiàn.

He can't really hold his liquor — three drinks in and he's blacking out.

Tips

register

Colloquial. 断片 (literally 'film cut') refers to patchy memory loss, as if the tape of the night got snipped. Northern Chinese slang; compare 酒后失忆 (formal 'alcohol-induced amnesia'). Usually self-deprecating rather than boastful.

Stroke Order

喝 hē

断 duàn

片 piàn