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用 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
干杯 gān bēi to drink a toast / Cheers! (proposing a toast) / Here's to you! / Bottoms up! / lit. dry cup
镇 zhèn to press down / to calm / to subdue / to suppress / to guard / garrison / small town / to cool or chill (food or drinks)
吃喝玩乐 chī hē wán lè (lit.) to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom) / (fig.) to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
酒吧 jiǔ bā bar (place to buy drinks) / CL:家[jia1]
下咽 xià yàn to swallow (food or drink)
酗酒 xù jiǔ heavy drinking / to get drunk / to drink to excess
直饮水 zhí yǐn shuǐ water that is safe to drink directly
酿酒 niàng jiǔ to make a fermented drink (i.e. to brew beer, make wine etc)
飨饮 xiǎng yǐn to enjoy offered food and drink
掬饮 jū yǐn to drink water by scooping it up with both hands
犒 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
猫舌头 māo shé tóu (fig.) (coll.) sensitivity to hot food or drink; person who has such a sensitivity
喝茶 hē 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 hē to eat and drink / food and drink
下酒 xià jiǔ to be appropriate to have with alcohol / to down one's drink
三个和尚没水喝 sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē 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 dà chī dà hē to eat and drink as much as one likes / to make a pig of oneself
饮茶 yǐn chá to drink tea / (Cantonese) to have tea and dim sum
巡 xún to patrol / to make one's rounds / classifier for rounds of drinks
下肚 xià dù to consume (food or drink); to eat; to drink
大吃二喝 dà chī èr hē 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)


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