ADDICTED  沈溺於耽

LOVE SOMETHING INTENSELY AND INTENSELY NEED IT.  
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Hypernym
  • LOVEINTENSE AND OFTEN PARTIAL DESIRE to be INTIMATE with a PERSON OR to POSSESS a THING.
    • DESIREGOOD FEELING IN-RELATION-TO ONESELF concerning the FUTURE HAVING, CONTROLLING, or ACTING:doing SOMETHING DEFINED.
      • FEELINGNATURAL REACTION IN one's MIND.
        • REACTCHANGE one's THINKING OR ACTING BECAUSE one is PERCEIVING something....
See also
  • DRUNKDRINK EXCESSIVELY MUCH LIQUOR so as to BECOME INTOXICATED.
      Old Chinese Criteria
      [ARCHAIC/CURRENT]

      [[FREQUENT/RARE]]

      [HIGH-DEGREE/LOW-DEGREE]

      [POETIC/PROSAIC]

      1. The most general word for a strong and permanent liking for alcohol and the like is dān 耽 / 酖 / 湛.

      [HIGH-DEGREE], [POETIC]

      2. Miǎn 湎 is an elevated poetic word for addiction, typically to wine.

      [ARCHAIC], [POETIC]

      3. Chén 沈 is occasionally used to refer to a person being excessively prone to vices of any kind including wine and women.

      [GENERAL], [HIGH-DEGREE]; [[RARE]]

      4. Xù 酗 is a rare archaic word referring to addiction to wine as expressed in action.

      [ARCHAIC], [POETIC]; [[RARE]]

      5. Yòng 醟 is a very rare word referring to excessive fondness of wine.

      [[RARE]]

      Modern Chinese Criteria
      沉迷

      著迷

      入迷

      痴迷

      迷戀

      入魔

      著魔

      瘋

      沉湎

      沉溺

      熱中

      迷

      痴

      耽

      眩

      痴心妄想

      神魂顛倒

      鬼迷心竅

      沉迷不醒

      沈迷不醒

      樂此不疲

      竟日忘歸

      悠然忘返

      樂而忘返

      樂不思蜀

      rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

      • 論衡同義詞研究 ( LUNHENG TONGYI 2004) p. 123

      • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1491

        酗，酖

        1. WL takes xu4 酗 to refer to actual excessive use of wine, da1n 酖 only to an excessive desire for wine. But given the scarcity of examples there is no way of being sure.

        One feels that underdocumented distinctions should be listed differently or separately from distinctions that can be seen to be operative in the texts.

      • Histoire des moeurs ( POIRIER 1991) p. 2699-802

      Words

      湎  miǎn OC: menʔ MC: miɛn 9 AttributionsWD

      Miǎn 湎 is an elevated poetic word for addiction, typically to wine. >>POETIC

        Word relations
      • Assoc: 沈/ADDICTED Chén 沈 is occasionally used to refer to a person being excessively prone to vices of any kind including wine and women. [GENERAL], [HIGH-DEGREE]; [[RARE]]

        Syntactic words
      • nabactdissipation, overindulgence
      • vibe given to (wine)
      • vt+prep+Nbe addicted to (wine)
      • vtoNcausativecause (someone) to overindulge in wine
      沈  chén OC: ɡrlum MC: ɖim 6 AttributionsWD

      Chén 沈 is occasionally used to refer to a person being excessively prone to vices of any kind including wine and women. [GENERAL], [HIGH-DEGREE]; [[RARE]]

        Word relations
      • Assoc: 湎/ADDICTED Miǎn 湎 is an elevated poetic word for addiction, typically to wine. >>POETIC
      • Assoc: 酗/ADDICTED Xù 酗 is a rare archaic word referring to addiction to wine as expressed in action. [ARCHAIC], [POETIC]; [[RARE]]

        Syntactic words
      • vt+prep+Nget addicted to, be addicted to
      • vtoNfall into (bad habits, bad ways), be given to (bad practices), be immorally fond of
      酗  xù OC: qhos MC: hi̯o 4 AttributionsWD

      Xù 酗 is a rare archaic word referring to addiction to wine as expressed in action. [ARCHAIC], [POETIC]; [[RARE]]

        Word relations
      • Assoc: 沈/ADDICTED Chén 沈 is occasionally used to refer to a person being excessively prone to vices of any kind including wine and women. [GENERAL], [HIGH-DEGREE]; [[RARE]]

        Syntactic words
      • viactbe compulsively bad
      • vt+prep+Naddicted to (wine) 酗于酒
      • vtoNrare, SHU, weizi 1 and SJ: be excessively given to (wine)
      耽  dān OC: k-luum MC: təm 3 AttributionsWD

      The most general word for a strong and permanent liking for alcohol and the like is dān 耽/酖/湛. [HIGH-DEGREE], [POETIC]

        Syntactic words
      • vt+prep+Nhave completely fallen for (women, hunt etc)
      • vtoNstativebe inordinately fond of; have completely falled for
      流湎  liú miǎn OC: ru menʔ MC: lɨu miɛn 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPiactindulge habitual overuse of alcohol
      酖  dān OC: k-luum MC: təm 1 AttributionWD

      The most general word for a strong and permanent liking for alcohol and the like is dān 耽/酖/湛. [HIGH-DEGREE], [POETIC]

        Syntactic words
      • vtoNbe addicted to (wine) SHUOWEN: 樂酒也
      淫  yín MC: yim OC: --CH 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNbe addicted toCH
      湛  dān OC: k-luum MC: təm 0 AttributionsWD

      The most general word for a strong and permanent liking for alcohol and the like is dān 耽/酖/湛. [HIGH-DEGREE], [POETIC]

        Syntactic words
      • viarchaic, poetic: be steeped in pleasure; be steeped in
      醟  yòng OC: ɢʷeŋs MC: ɦɣaŋ 0 AttributionsWD

      Yòng 醟 is a very rare word referring to excessive fondness of wine. [[RARE]] >>RARE

        Syntactic words
      • vtoNpsychHANSHU: addicted to (wine)
      耽好  dān hào OC: k-luum qhuus MC: təm hɑu 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPtoNstativebe addicted to

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