Definition
醉醺醺 is an ABB-type reduplicated adjective (状态词) that vividly describes someone being very drunk — staggering, flushed, and not in control. The base 醉 means 'drunk', and the reduplicated syllable 醺醺 intensifies the state, giving it a more colloquial, sensory feel. You often use it to describe someone's appearance or gait after drinking heavily.
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dead drunkvery drunkintoxicated (vivid, reduplicated form)
Examples
- 醉醺醺，。Tā hē de zuì xūn xūn de, lián lù dōu zǒu bù wěn le.He drank so much that he was dead drunk and couldn't even walk steadily.
- ，醉醺醺。Zuówǎn jùhuì shàng, jǐ ge rén hē de zuì xūn xūn.At last night's party, several people got very drunk.
- 醉醺醺，。Tā yì liǎn zuì xūn xūn de yàngzi, ràng rén dānxīn.With his dead-drunk look, he made people worried.
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