酩酊大醉

mǐngdǐng-dàzuì

idiom

Meanings

1 dead drunk
2 plastered
3 blind drunk

Characters

Examples

他昨晚喝得酩酊大醉，什么都不记得了。

Tā zuówǎn hē de mǐngdǐngdàzuì, shénme dōu bú jìde le.

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

庆功宴上大家都酩酊大醉。

Qìnggōngyàn shàng dàjiā dōu mǐngdǐngdàzuì.

At the celebration dinner, everyone got completely plastered.

Tips

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.

Stroke Order

酩 mǐng

酊 dīng

大 dà

醉 zuì