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Idiom: Chase The Dragon

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Calque of Cantonese 追龍/追龙 (zeoi1 lung4), a slang phrase of Cantonese origin from Hong Kong. "Chasing" refers to the careful movement of the liquid in order to keep it from coalescing into a single, unmanageable mass.

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To inhale the vapour from heated morphine, heroin, oxycodone or opium that has been placed on a piece of foil.

To chase after the promise of a continually fulfilling high from an addictive substance.

Example Sentences

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She entered a rehabilitation program to escape the desire to chase the dragon.

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