泥醉 ní zuì blind drunk / drunk as drunk can be 酩酊大醉 mǐng dǐng dà zuì dead drunk / as drunk as a lord syn 烂醉 爛醉 làn zuì dead drunk / completely drunk 撒酒疯 撒酒瘋 sā jiǔ fēng to get drunk and act crazy / roaring drunk 烂醉如泥 爛醉如泥 làn zuì rú ní (idiom) to be dead drunk / to be plastered syn 酣醉 hān zuì to be dead drunk 死无对证 死無對證 sǐ wú duì zhèng the dead cannot testify (idiom) / dead men tell no tales 要死不活 yào sǐ bù huó half dead / more dead than alive syn 止点 止點 zhǐ diǎn (mechanical engineering) dead point / dead center 如醉如痴 如醉如癡 rú zuì rú chī lit. as if drunk and stupefied (idiom) / intoxicated by sth / obsessed with / mad about sth / also written 如癡如醉|如痴如醉[ru2 chi1 ru2 zui4] syn 我醉欲眠 wǒ zuì yù mián lit. I'm drunk and would like to sleep (idiom) / (used to indicate one's sincere and straightforward nature) 醉生梦死 醉生夢死 zuì shēng mèng sǐ as if drunk or entranced (idiom) / leading a befuddled existence / in a drunken stupor syn 不醉不归 不醉不歸 bù zuì bù guī lit. to not go home until drunk (idiom) / fig. let's make a night of it! 一醉方休 yī zuì fāng xiū to get thoroughly drunk (idiom) / to get plastered 死而不僵 sǐ ér bù jiāng dead but showing no signs of rigor mortis / to die hard (idiom) / to die yet not be vanquished (idiom) 陶醉 táo zuì to be infatuated with / to be drunk with / to be enchanted with / to revel in syn 喝醉 hē zuì to get drunk 醉酒 zuì jiǔ to get drunk 酒醉 jiǔ zuì to become drunk 酗酒 xù jiǔ heavy drinking / to get drunk / to drink to excess syn 喜酒 xǐ jiǔ wedding feast / liquor drunk at a wedding feast syn 灌醉 guàn zuì to fuddle / to befuddle / to inebriate / to get someone drunk 醉醺醺 zuì xūn xūn drunk / intoxicated syn 闷酒 悶酒 mèn jiǔ alcohol drunk to drown one's sorrows 功夫茶 gōng fu chá very concentrated type of tea drunk in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan 雄黄酒 雄黃酒 xióng huáng jiǔ realgar wine (traditionally drunk during the Dragon Boat Festival 端午節|端午节[Duan1 wu3 jie2]) 酩酊 mǐng dǐng blind drunk syn 酗 xù drunk 湎 miǎn drunk 酗酒滋事 xù jiǔ zī shì drunken fighting / to get drunk and quarrel 酒足饭饱 酒足飯飽 jiǔ zú fàn bǎo to have eaten and drunk to one's heart's content 楞子眼 léng zi yǎn vacant look of a drunk or imbecile 发酒疯 發酒瘋 fā jiǔ fēng to get wildly drunk 酕醄 máo táo (literary) very drunk 酗讼 酗訟 xù sòng to be drunk and rowdy 醉酒驾车 醉酒駕車 zuì jiǔ jià chē drunk driving (very high blood alcohol concentration) 酒不醉人人自醉，色不迷人人自迷 jiǔ bù zuì rén rén zì zuì , sè bù mí rén rén zì mí wine doesn't make men drunk: men get themselves intoxicated. Lust does not overpower men: men surrender themselves to lust 酒至半酣 jiǔ zhì bàn hān to drink until one is half drunk 喝挂 喝掛 hē guà (coll.) to get drunk / to get hammered 喝茫 hē máng (slang) to get drunk (Tw) 喝断片 喝斷片 hē duàn piàn to get blackout drunk (slang) 躺尸 躺屍 tǎng shī (deprecatory) to lie motionless (asleep, drunk, lazing etc) 喝高 hē gāo to get drunk 断片儿 斷片兒 duàn piàn r (coll.) to suffer an alcohol-induced blackout / to be unable to recall what one did while drunk 楞子眼 lèng zi yǎn (dialect) vacant look of a drunk or imbecile 买醉 買醉 mǎi zuì to get drunk / to drown one's sorrows 醉倒 zuì dǎo to pass out drunk 夜深人静 夜深人靜 yè shēn rén jìng in the dead of night (idiom) syn 风平浪静 風平浪靜 fēng píng làng jìng lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom) / tranquil environment / all is quiet / a dead calm (at sea) syn 起死回生 qǐ sǐ huí shēng to rise from the dead (idiom) / fig. an unexpected recovery syn 家破人亡 jiā pò rén wáng family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom) / ruined and orphaned / destitute and homeless syn 深更半夜 shēn gēng bàn yè in the dead of night (idiom) syn 明日黄花 明日黃花 míng rì huáng huā lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom) / fig. outdated / thing of the past / dead letter syn 鸡飞蛋打 雞飛蛋打 jī fēi dàn dǎ the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken / a dead loss (idiom) syn 冢中枯骨 塚中枯骨 zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ dried bones in burial mound (idiom) / dead and buried 日暮途穷 日暮途窮 rì mù tú qióng sunset, the end of the road (idiom) / in terminal decline / at a dead end syn 死马当活马医 死馬當活馬醫 sǐ mǎ dāng huó mǎ yī lit. to give medicine to a dead horse (idiom) / fig. to keep trying everything in a desperate situation 生死肉骨 shēng sǐ ròu gǔ lit. the dead returning to life / a miracle (idiom) 穷途末路 窮途末路 qióng tú mò lù lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom) / an impasse / in a plight with no way out / things have reached a dead end syn 着手成春 著手成春 zhuó shǒu chéng chūn lit. set out and it becomes spring (idiom) / to effect a miracle cure (of medical operation) / to bring back the dead / once it starts, everything goes well 虽死犹生 雖死猶生 suī sǐ yóu shēng lit. although dead, as if still alive (idiom) / still with us in spirit 万籁无声 萬籟無聲 wàn lài wú shēng not a sound to be heard (idiom) / dead silent 死马当活马医 死馬當活馬醫 sǐ mǎ dàng huó mǎ yī lit. to give medicine to a dead horse (idiom) / fig. to keep trying everything in a desperate situation 厚死薄生 hòu sǐ bó shēng lit. to praise the dead and revile the living / fig. to live in the past (idiom) 断港绝潢 斷港絕潢 duàn gǎng jué huáng to be unable to continue / to come to a dead end (idiom) 死不冥目 sǐ bù míng mù dead but will not close the eyes (idiom) / to die with a remaining grievance / also written 死不瞑目 猫哭老鼠 貓哭老鼠 māo kū lǎo shǔ the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom) / hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears syn 猫哭耗子 貓哭耗子 māo kū hào zi the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom) / hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears 风恬浪静 風恬浪靜 fēng tián làng jìng lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom) / tranquil environment / All is quiet. / a dead calm (at sea) 欲仙欲死 慾仙慾死 yù xiān yù sǐ to wish one were dead (idiom) / (fig.) to be in seventh heaven 往事已矣 wǎng shì yǐ yǐ the past is dead (idiom) 瞎猫碰上死耗子 瞎貓碰上死耗子 xiā māo pèng shàng sǐ hào zi a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom) / blind luck 死路一条 死路一條 sǐ lù yī tiáo (idiom) dead end / road to ruin syn 扬幡招魂 揚幡招魂 yáng fān - zhāo hún lit. to raise a banner to summon the soul of a dying person (idiom) / fig. to try to revive what is obsolete or dead 万籁俱寂 萬籟俱寂 wàn lài - jù jì (idiom) dead silent syn 尸体 屍體 shī tǐ corpse / dead body syn 好事 hǎo shì good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") / charity / happy occasion / Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead syn 没了 沒了 méi le to be dead / not to be, or cease to exist 再生 zài shēng to be reborn / to regenerate / to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person) / recycling / regeneration syn 死人 sǐ rén dead person / (coll.) to die / (of a death) to happen syn 死者 sǐ zhě the dead / the deceased syn 落叶 落葉 luò yè dead leaves / to lose leaves (of plants) / deciduous 千古 qiān gǔ for all eternity / throughout all ages / eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wreath etc dedicated to the dead) syn 去死 qù sǐ go to hell! / drop dead! 遗体 遺體 yí tǐ remains (of a dead person) syn 靖国神社 靖國神社 jìng guó shén shè Yasukuni Shrine, Shinto shrine in Tokyo to Japanese war dead, controversial as burial ground of several Class A war criminals 死伤 死傷 sǐ shāng casualties / dead and injured syn 击毙 擊斃 jī bì to kill / to shoot dead 白骨 bái gǔ bones of the dead syn 半死 bàn sǐ half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc) / (tired) to death / (terrified) out of one's wits / (beaten) to within an inch of one's life / (knock) the daylights out of sb syn 死角 sǐ jiǎo gap in coverage / gap in protection or defenses / neglected or overlooked area / dead end 不在了 bù zài le to be dead / to have passed away 死路 sǐ lù dead end / (fig.) the road to disaster syn 异物 異物 yì wù rarity / rare delicacy / foreign matter / alien body / the dead / ghost / monstrosity / alien life-form syn 幽魂 yōu hún ghost / spirit (of the dead) syn 枪毙 槍斃 qiāng bì to execute by firing squad / to shoot dead / fig. to discard / to get rid of syn 死尸 死屍 sǐ shī corpse / dead body syn 兵马俑 兵馬俑 bīng mǎ yǒng figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead / Terracotta Army (historic site) syn 安葬 ān zàng to bury (the dead) syn 