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发酒疯 (fā jiǔ fēng) — to get drunk and act irrationally, to go on a drunken rampage

Definition

A set phrase meaning to go wild or act crazy after drinking. It is separable (离合词): 发一顿酒疯, and 酒疯 itself refers to the drunken outburst, not the person.

verb
to get drunk and act irrationally, to go on a drunken rampage

Examples

  • ，。
    Tā zuó tiān wǎn shàng hē duō le, fā le yí dùn jiǔ fēng.
    He drank too much last night and went on a drunken rampage.
  • 发酒疯，！
    Bié zài zhè lǐ fā jiǔ fēng, kuài huí jiā qù!
    Stop making a drunken scene here, go home!
  • 发酒疯，。
    Tā měi cì hē zuì dōu fā jiǔ fēng, dà jiā dōu pà tā.
    Every time he gets drunk he goes on a rampage, everyone is afraid of him.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

发fābreak out
酒疯drunken madness
酒jiǔwine疯fēngmadness
偏正Modifier + head

发 means break out, 酒疯 means drunken madness, so it is acting out drunken madness.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 發; 发 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 发 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (爆发, 出发) it is 發; in others (理发, 头发) it is 髮.

The form 發, which 发 stands for in many words, was originally drawn as a bow firing an arrow.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
酉
酉yǒu酒jiǔ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

酒 pairs 酉, the original picture for this word, with 水 (water), added later to distinguish it.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 瘋; 疯 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
疒Written in full as病bìng
Sound part声符shēngfú
風
風fēng瘋fēng
Same sound today

The traditional form 瘋 pairs 疒 (illness) with 風 as a sound part; the simplified 疯 is a later shorthand, so its right side is not a historical sound part.

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Alcohol & Tobacco

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