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浇愁
jiāo​chóu

to drown one's sorrows

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
浇愁 澆愁 jiāo//chóu
to drown one's sorrows
To relieve or dispel sadness or worry by drinking alcohol; often used in the phrase 借酒浇愁 jiè​jiǔ​jiāo​chóu

Frequency

Written text
0.047 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 消愁 xiāo​chóu

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)