lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom); fig. to turn down a request only to be forced later to comply with it under pressure
trad. 敬酒不吃吃罰酒
Also written 敬酒不吃吃罰酒【jìng jiǔ bù chī chī fá jiǔ】
Characters in this word
5敬
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
(bound form) respectful; to respect, to offer politely
- Pinyin
- jìng
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 3285 of 2500
酒
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wine (esp. rice wine), liquor, spirits, alcoholic beverage, CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]
- Pinyin
- jiǔ
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 931 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
吃
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to eat; to consume, to eat at (a cafeteria etc), to eradicate; to destroy, to absorb, to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
- Pinyin
- chī
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 143 of 2500
罚
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to punish; to penalize; to fine
- Pinyin
- fá
- Traditional
- 罰
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 9945 of 2500