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溺爱

nì ài

2-character word Traditional 溺愛

What 溺爱 means

1. to spoil
2. to pamper
3. to dote on

The characters in 溺爱

• 溺nìto drown; to indulge; addicted to
• 爱àito love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth)…

Example sentences

• 盎格鲁-撒克逊人对诺曼人来说就像妻管严对溺爱妻子的人一样。
  Anglo-Saxon was to Norman as hen-pecked to uxorious.

Sounds the same

Read nì ài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 昵爱to love dearly; intimacy; close love