酗酒 xùjiǔ heavy drinking
heavy drinking; to get drunk; to drink to excess
怎么记住“酗酒”: 酗 violent + 酒 liquor = heavy drinking.
汉字
用法
- '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.