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消愁
xiāo​chóu

to drown one's sorrows

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
消愁 xiāo//chóu
to drown one's sorrows
To dispel or get rid of feelings of sadness or melancholy; to relieve one's blues

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.510 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.440 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 解愁 jiě​chóu
  • 浇愁 jiāo​chóu

Sources

Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
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