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过瘾

guò yǐn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 過癮

过瘾 (guò yǐn) means "to satisfy a craving; to get a kick out of sth; gratifying". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 过瘾 means

1. to satisfy a craving
2. to get a kick out of sth
3. gratifying
4. immensely enjoyable
5. satisfying
6. fulfilling

The characters in 过瘾

• 过guòto cross; to go over; to pass (time)
• 瘾yǐnaddiction; craving

Example sentences

• 过瘾一个东西和过于那个东西是两回事。
  Guòyǐn yī gè dōngxi hé guòyú nàge dōngxi shì liǎnghuíshì.
  Getting addicted to something and having too much of something are two different things.
• 去年夏天，我们在桥上看焰火看得很过瘾。
  Qùnián xiàtiān, wǒmen zài qiáo shàng kàn yànhuǒ kàn dehěn guòyǐn.
  We enjoyed watching the fireworks on a bridge last summer.
• 这个老师总是拖堂，占用同学们课间休息的时间，后来他被举报了，真过瘾啊。
  This teacher always drags his class time, taking up the students' rest time, later he got reported, it felt amazing.

Where 过瘾 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · guò–huán (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read guò yǐn correctly.
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