狂饮

狂飲

kuángyǐn

verb #22,407

Meanings

1 to drink hard
2 to drink heavily
3 to binge drink

Characters

wild / frenzied / unrestrained

to drink / beverage

Examples

他失业后借酒浇愁，整天狂饮。

Tā shīyè hòu jiè jiǔ jiāo chóu, zhěngtiān kuángyǐn.

After losing his job, he drowned his sorrows in alcohol and drank heavily all day.

朋友们在酒吧里狂饮，庆祝胜利。

Péngyoumen zài jiǔbā lǐ kuángyǐn, qìngzhù shènglì.

Friends drank hard at the bar, celebrating the victory.

Tips

usage

狂饮 implies unrestrained, excessive drinking. The related idiom 狂饮暴食 (kuángyǐn bàoshí) means 'to eat and drink to excess' and describes gluttony. 狂 adds the sense of losing control or abandon.

Stroke Order

狂 kuáng

饮 yǐn