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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

戒毒所

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jièdúsuǒ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Rehab/ˈriː.hæb/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他在戒毒所里度过了艰难的几个月。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A specialized facility or program for treating people with addiction to drugs or alcohol.

    "After struggling with substance abuse for years, he finally checked himself into rehab."
  2. 2

    The process of restoring someone to health or normal life through training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness.

    "Physical rehab helped her regain full mobility after the severe knee injury."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Shortening of the English word rehabilitation, which derives from the Late Latin rehabilitationem, meaning 'restoration to a former state or capacity'. The abbreviation 'rehab' emerged in the mid-20th century, particularly within medical, therapeutic, and addiction treatment contexts.

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