guò​gān​yǐn

to satisfy a craving with substitutes

  • created sense approved 过干瘾/過乾癮 · guò​gān​yǐn · to satisfy a craving with substitutes — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    过干瘾 / 過乾癮

    guò​gān​yǐn

    to satisfy a craving with substitutes

    To settle for a substitute or imagine an experience to satisfy a desire without actually obtaining the real thing; to enjoy something vicariously.

    过, 干瘾

    过 (literal) → 过/過 · guò · to process 干 (literal) → 干/乾 · gān · nominal 瘾 (literal) → 瘾/癮 · yǐn · addiction

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense