举杯 (舉杯)
jǔ bēi
Pinyin

Definition

举杯 (舉杯)
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jǔ bēi
  1. to toast sb (with wine etc)
  2. to drink a toast

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

杯
bēi
  1. 1 cup
  2. 2 trophy cup
  3. 3 classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
干杯
gān bēi
  1. 1 to drink a toast
  2. 2 Cheers! (proposing a toast)
  3. 3 Here's to you!
  4. 4 Bottoms up!
  5. 5 lit. dry cup
杯具
bēi jù
  1. 1 cup
  2. 2 (slang) (pun on 悲劇|悲剧[bēi jù], tragedy) so bad
  3. 3 terrible
  4. 4 bummer
  5. 5 fiasco
  6. 6 debacle
杯子
bēi zi
  1. 1 cup
  2. 2 glass
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 classifier: 只 zhī
纸杯
zhǐ bēi
  1. 1 paper cup

Idioms (7)

好酒贪杯
hào jiǔ tān bēi
  1. 1 fond of the bottle (idiom)
杯弓蛇影
bēi gōng shé yǐng
  1. 1 lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions
  2. 2 overly fearful
杯水车薪
bēi shuǐ chē xīn
  1. 1 lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure
杯盘狼藉
bēi pán láng jí
  1. 1 cups and dishes in complete disorder (idiom); after a riotous drinking party
杯酒解怨
bēi jiǔ jiě yuàn
  1. 1 a wine cup dissolves complaints (idiom); a few drinks can ease social interaction

Sample Sentences

请各位跟我一起举杯。
qǐng gèwèi gēn wǒ yīqǐ jǔbēi 。
Let us raise our glasses.
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我呢，实在是想笑，可又想给男朋友塑造一个有“傻白甜”女友的形象，于是就淡定地举杯灌了一大口水。
wǒ ne ，shízàishì xiǎng xiào ，kě yòu xiǎng gěi nán péngyou sùzào yī gè yǒu “shǎ bái tián ”nǚyǒu de xíngxiàng ，yúshì jiù dàndìng de jǔbēi guàn le yī dà kǒu shuǐ 。
Me? I really felt like laughing, but I also wanted to give my boyfriend the image of having a naive, pretty and sweet-natured girlfriend, so I calmly held up my glass and swallowed a big mouthful of water.
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举杯
jǔbēi
to toast
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不过他好像还是不满足。"抽刀断水水更流，举杯消愁愁更愁。"
bùguò tā hǎoxiàng hái shì bùmǎnzú 。"chōudāo duàn shuǐ shuǐ gèng liú ，jǔbēi xiāochóu chóu gèng chóu 。"
But he still doesn't seem to have been very satisfied. ``It's pointless to try to solve problems with violence, and you can't drink your sorrows away."
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