借酒浇愁 — Chinese idiom
借酒浇愁
jiè jiǔ jiāo chóu
Traditional: 借酒澆愁
Meaning
- to drown one's sorrows
Character by character
- 借jièto borrow; to lend; excuse, pretext
- 酒jiǔwine, spirits, liquor, alcohol
- 浇jiāoto spray, to sprinkle, to water
- 愁chóuanxious, worried
Idioms sharing a character
- 借刀杀人 jiè dāo shā rén
- 借古讽今 jiè gǔ fěng jīn
- 借尸还魂 jiè shī huán hún
- 借花献佛 jiè huā xiàn Fó
- 背城借一 bèi chéng jiè yī
- 嗜酒如命 shì jiǔ rú mìng
- 好酒贪杯 hào jiǔ tān bēi
- 对酒当歌 duì jiǔ dāng gē
- 斗酒只鸡 dǒu jiǔ zhī jī
- 新瓶旧酒 xīn píng jiù jiǔ
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