交杯酒
jiāo bēi jiǔ
Pinyin
Definition
交杯酒
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- formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as traditional wedding ceremony
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to be appropriate to have with alcohol
- 2 to down one's drink
- 1 to hand over
- 2 to deliver
- 3 to pay (money)
- 4 to turn over
- 5 to make friends
- 6 to intersect (lines)
- 7 variant: 跤 jiāo
- 1 to make friends
- 1 to be connected
- 2 traffic
- 3 transportation
- 4 communications
- 5 liaison
Idioms (20)
一手交钱,一手交货
- 1 lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
- 2 fig. to pay for what you want in cash
- 3 simple and direct transaction
交口称誉
- 1 voices unanimous in praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
交浅言深
- 1 to talk intimately while being comparative strangers (idiom)
今朝有酒今朝醉
- 1 to live in the moment (idiom)
- 2 to live every day as if it were one's last
- 3 to enjoy while one can
君子之交
- 1 friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])