酩酊大醉

mǐngdǐng-dàzuì

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Meanings

HSK 2

他昨晚喝得酩酊大醉，什么都不记得了。

Tā zuówǎn hē de mǐngdǐng-dàzuì, shénme dōu bú jìde le.

He got blind drunk last night and doesn't remember a thing.

HSK 7-9

庆功宴上大家都酩酊大醉。

Qìnggōngyàn shàng dàjiā dōu mǐngdǐng-dàzuì.

At the celebration dinner, everyone got completely plastered.

memory

Both 酩 and 酊 share the 酉 (wine jar) radical, the characters themselves are 'wine wine wine big drunk'. Hard to forget once you notice.

酩 mǐng

酊 dīng

大 dà

醉 zuì