The Chinese characters 醉 meaning is drunk.

This ideograph combines the container for liquor: 酉 with the phonetic: 卒 , representing a soldier. As soldiers do not last long, 卒 also means: “to come to an end.” So, to drink liquor (酉) and reach the limit (卒), is to become drunk: 醉. But, suggests the proverb, “If you want a way to stop drinking, look at a drunken man when you are sober.”

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