中毒 (zhòngdú) — to be poisoned; to be infected (by a computer virus); to be hooked on

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 詞

中毒 word · TOCFL B2 (est.)

中毒＝中＋毒

ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄨˊ · zhòngdú

verb — to be poisoned; to be infected (by a computer virus); to be hooked on

字源 FORM — what the parts do

中to hit, to be struck by (中獎)zhòngread zhòng 'to be hit', not zhōng 'middle'

毒poison (毒藥)dú

中毒，中獎的中，毒藥的毒。

毒（毒）正中（中）身上，躲不開了。

The poison（毒）strikes（中）home — no dodging it now.