杯盘狼藉 — Chinese idiom
杯盘狼藉
bēi pán láng jí
Traditional: 杯盤狼藉
Meaning
- cups and dishes in complete disorder ; after a riotous drinking party
Character by character
- 杯bēicup, glass; measure word for liquids
- 盘pántray, plate, dish; to examine
- 狼lángwolf
- 藉jíby means of; excuse, pretext; to rely on
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
- 杯酒解怨 bēi jiǔ jiě yuàn
- 杯酒言欢 bēi jiǔ yán huān
- 一盘散沙 yī pán sǎn shā
- 打小算盘 dǎ xiǎo suàn pán
- 沙盘推演 shā pán tuī yǎn
- 盘旋曲折 pán xuán qū zhé
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