心醉神迷

xīnzuìshénmí

idiom #30,456

Meanings

1 ecstatic
2 enraptured
3 utterly captivated

Characters

drunk; intoxicated

lost; bewitched

Examples

听到她的歌声，观众无不心醉神迷。

Tīng dào tā de gēshēng, guānzhòng wú bù xīnzuìshénmí.

Hearing her singing, every member of the audience was utterly enraptured.

他对那幅画看得心醉神迷。

Tā duì nà fú huà kàn de xīnzuìshénmí.

He gazed at the painting completely captivated.

Tips

memory

Reads as two parallel pairs: 心醉 "heart drunk" + 神迷 "spirit lost." Both your heart and your spirit have been swept away. Synonym 心醉魂迷 (xīn zuì hún mí, "heart drunk soul lost") — Xinhua's 新华成语词典 lists them as variants of the same idiom.

Stroke Order

心 xīn

醉 zuì

神 shén

迷 mí