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酒驾

jiǔ jià

2-character word Traditional 酒駕

What 酒驾 means

1. driving while intoxicated; DWI
2. to drink and drive

The characters in 酒驾

• 酒jiǔwine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits
• 驾jiàto harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive

Example sentences

• 他酒驾被逮着了。
  He was caught drink-driving.
• 酒驾是个严重的问题。
  Jiǔjià shì gè yánzhòng de wèntí.
  Drunk driving is a serious problem.
• 前面那台黑色休旅车开得像个酒驾的一样，一直在蛇行。
  The black SUV ahead of me is swerving like a drunk driver.

Words containing 酒驾

• 饮酒驾车yǐn jiǔ jià chēdrink and drive (moderately high blood alcohol concentration)
• 醉酒驾车zuì jiǔ jià chēdrunk driving (very high blood alcohol concentration)

Sounds the same

Read jiǔ jià, tone for tone, but written differently.

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