Chinese Word: 湎 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

湎

Pinyin: miǎn

English Definition: drunk

Chinese Definition:
①沉迷：沉湎(多指沉迷于酒色)。

Total strokes: 12; Radical: 水

Ideographic:A man's face 面 after drinking 氵; 面 also provides the pronunciation

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 氵 [ shuǐ ] water
- 面 [ miàn ] face; surface, side; plane, dimension

Similar Characters: 偭

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沉湎	chén miǎn	deeply immersed; fig. wallowing in; deeply engrossed in
沉湎酒色	chén miǎn jiǔ sè	to wallow in alcohol and sex (idiom); overindulgence in wine and women; an incorrigible drunkard and lecher
沉湎于酒	chén miǎn yú jiǔ	to be given to heavy drinking (idiom)

1		gēn jù 根据 yī 医 jīng 经 de 的 jì zǎi 记载， nán xìng 男性 liú 流 miǎn 湎 fáng shì 房事 bù jǐn 不仅 dǎo zhì 导致 jīng yè 精液 wài liú 外流， ér qiě 而且 nǎo bù 脑部 suǐ 髓 yè 液 suí zhī 随之 dì jiǎn 递减。 According to medical texts, excessive sexual activity not only saps the male body of semen, but also depletes the fluids of the brain.
2		nǐ 你 wèi shén me 为什么 nà me 那么 yào miàn zi 要面子， nà me 那么 zì yǐ wéi shì 自以为是， ér 而 jiào 觉 miǎn 湎 yú 于 xiǎo nǚ hái 小女孩 men 们 zǒng shì 总是 xiǎng 想 yào 要 xiǎo nán hái 小男孩（ huò 或 mǒu zhǒng 某种 qíng kuàng xià 情况下 yì xiē 一些 bié de 别的 xiǎo nǚ hái 小女孩） wěn 吻 tā men 她们 ne 呢， ér 而 bú shi 不是 nǐ 你 de 的 shì shí 事实 ne 呢？ Why is so much of your self-esteem, your sense of self, caught up in the fact that little girls want little boys (or in some cases other little girls) to kiss them, rather than you?