酗酒 xùjiǔ heavy drinking
heavy drinking; to get drunk; to drink to excess
How to remember 酗酒: 酗 violent + 酒 liquor = heavy drinking.
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How it is used
- 'To drink to excess, abuse alcohol' - 长期酗酒 (chángqī xùjiǔ) chronic heavy drinking; 酗酒伤身 (xùjiǔ shāng shēn) heavy drinking harms the body.
- Negative, refers to problematic/abusive drinking, not just having a drink (that's 喝酒 hējiǔ).
- The 酗 already means drinking violently/to excess; a health and social-problem word.