Definition
灌醉 is a resultative compound verb: 灌 ('to force someone to drink') + 醉 ('drunk'). It means 'to get someone drunk by plying them with alcohol'. You can insert 得/不 between the two characters for potential complements: 灌得醉 ('can get someone drunk'), 灌不醉 ('can't get someone drunk'). The object usually appears before or after the verb in a 把 construction.
r.v.
to get someone drunk (by plying them with alcohol)
Examples
- ，灌醉。Tā jiǔliàng tài dà le, shéi dōu guàn zuì bù liǎo tā.His alcohol tolerance is too high; nobody can get him drunk.
- ，灌醉。Zài jùhuì shàng, tāmen pīnmìng bǎ wǒ wǎng sǐ lǐ guàn zuì.At the party, they desperately tried to get me dead drunk.
- ，灌醉。Tā zhuāng zuò hē zuì, qíshí gēnběn méi bèi guàn zuì.He pretended to be drunk, but actually he wasn't gotten drunk at all.
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