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yòng to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using / to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) / usefulness; utility / (bound form) expense; outlay / (courteous) to eat; to drink / (literary) hence; therefore
吃喝玩乐 chī wán lit. to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom) / fig. to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
酿酒 niàng jiǔ to make a fermented drink (i.e. to brew beer, make wine etc)
酗酒 jiǔ heavy drinking / to get drunk / to drink to excess
飨饮 xiǎng yǐn to enjoy offered food and drink
zhèn to press down / to calm / to subdue / to suppress / to guard / garrison / small town / to cool or chill (food or drinks)
掬饮 yǐn to drink water by scooping it up with both hands
kào to reward or comfort with presents of food, drink etc
品味 pǐn wèi to sample; to taste / to appreciate / one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc); good taste
喝茶 chá to drink tea / to get engaged / to have a serious conversation / (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly")
吃喝 chī to eat and drink / food and drink
下酒 xià jiǔ to be appropriate to have with alcohol / to down one's drink
干杯 gān bēi to drink a toast / Cheers! (proposing a toast) / Here's to you! / Bottoms up! / lit. dry cup
三个和尚没水喝 sān shang méi shuǐ lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) / fig. everybody's business is nobody's business / (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
大吃大喝 chī to eat and drink as much as one likes / to make a pig of oneself
xún to patrol / to make one's rounds / classifier for rounds of drinks
下肚 xià to consume (food or drink); to eat; to drink
大吃二喝 chī èr to eat and drink extravagantly / to binge
痛饮 tòng yǐn to drink one's fill
开戒 kāi jiè to end abstinence / to resume (drinking) after a break / to break (a taboo)
喝掉 diào to drink up / to finish (a drink)
yòu (literary) to urge sb (to eat or drink)
喝酒 jiǔ to drink (alcohol)
戒酒 jiè jiǔ to give up drinking / to abstain from drinking
吃香喝辣 chī xiāng lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom) / fig. to live well


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