From basics to advanced idioms, Chinese study culminates with phrases like 「酒酣耳熟」. Explore their meaning and use in this free guide.
This feature highlights the idiom 「酒酣耳熟」, with its meaning and examples shown below.
Drunk: drinking to one’s heart’s content and enjoying oneself. Ears are hot: refers to the face being redder than the ears, indicating being very excited. Describes being very drunk and drinking happily.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jiǔ hān ěr shú
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jau2 ham4 yi5 suk6
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