杯酒言欢 — Chinese idiom
杯酒言欢
bēi jiǔ yán huān
Traditional: 杯酒言歡
Meaning
- a few drinks and a nice conversation
Character by character
- 杯bēicup, glass; measure word for liquids
- 酒jiǔwine, spirits, liquor, alcohol
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
- 欢huānhappy, glad, joyful
Idioms sharing a character
- 好酒贪杯 hào jiǔ tān bēi
- 推杯换盏 tuī bēi huàn zhǎn
- 杯弓蛇影 bēi gōng shé yǐng
- 杯水车薪 bēi shuǐ chē xīn
- 杯盘狼藉 bēi pán láng jí
- 杯酒解怨 bēi jiǔ jiě yuàn
- 借酒浇愁 jiè jiǔ jiāo chóu
- 嗜酒如命 shì jiǔ rú mìng
- 对酒当歌 duì jiǔ dāng gē
- 斗酒只鸡 dǒu jiǔ zhī jī
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