The Chinese word 戒酒 is formed by combining the character 戒, which carries the meaning of "to cease" or "to abstain from", with the character 酒, meaning "alcohol". This creates a compound where the first character dictates the action of stopping or avoiding, and the second character specifies the target of that action, resulting in a direct conceptual blend meaning "to give up alcohol" or "abstain from drinking". This method of word formation relies on the semantic contribution of each character to convey a clear, unified idea without the need for additional grammatical markers.