酣 hān to enjoy liquor
怎么记住“酣”: 酉 wine + 甘 sweet = to enjoy liquor. Uncle opens his jug of sweet plum wine at the barbecue, leans back in his chair and smiles, ready to enjoy liquor.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
酣 = 酉 wine + 甘 sweet
- 酉 wine meaning
- 甘 sweet meaning + sound
Uncle opens his jug of sweet plum wine at the barbecue, leans back in his chair and smiles, ready to enjoy liquor.
How it came to be
Wine gives the meaning, and the sign for sweet gives meaning and sound too: the joy of drinking.
用法
- Means deep in the pleasure of something: deep sleep in 酣睡 (hānshuì) to sleep soundly, and free-flowing ease in 酣畅 (hānchàng) hearty, unrestrained.
- Often 酣畅淋漓 (hānchàng-línlí) thoroughly satisfying: of a match, a piece of writing, a good cry that leaves nothing held back.
- Literary register; you won't hear it in casual chat outside these set phrases.