Zi Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Page 740, Entry 06 Pronounced miǎn (falling tone) Same as the character 湎 (miǎn). Meaning: To be addicted to drinking. "Addicted to drinking and unrestrained in debauchery, such people cannot be taught by reason nor influenced by virtue." — Huainanzi (Huainanzi)