陶醉 táozuì to be infatuated with
to be infatuated with; to be drunk with; to be enchanted with; to revel in
How to remember 陶醉: 陶 pottery + 醉 drunk = to be infatuated with.
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How it is used
- To be intoxicated/enchanted by something pleasurable - 陶醉在音乐中 (táozuì zài yīnyuè zhōng) lost in the music.
- Figurative 'drunk with' delight; often reflexive: 自我陶醉 (to be smugly self-absorbed, mildly negative).
- Pairs with 陶醉于/在...中; contrast literal drunkenness 喝醉 - 陶醉 is emotional/aesthetic rapture.