借酒浇愁 (借酒澆愁)
jiè jiǔ jiāo chóu
Pinyin

Definition

借酒浇愁 (借酒澆愁)
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jiè jiǔ jiāo chóu
  1. to drown one's sorrows (in alcohol)

Related Words (20)

xià jiǔ
  1. 1 to be appropriate to have with alcohol
  2. 2 to down one's drink
jiè
  1. 1 to lend
  2. 2 to borrow
  3. 3 by means of
  4. 4 to take (an opportunity)
jiǔ
  1. 1 wine (esp. rice wine)
  2. 2 liquor
  3. 3 spirits
  4. 4 alcoholic beverage
  5. 5 classifier: 杯 bēi
  6. 6 classifier: 瓶 píng
  7. 7 classifier: 罐 guàn
  8. 8 classifier: 桶 tǒng
  9. 9 classifier: 缸 gāng
jiǔ bā
  1. 1 bar
  2. 2 pub
  3. 3 saloon
  4. 4 classifier: 家 jiā
jiǔ diàn
  1. 1 wine shop
  2. 2 pub (public house)
  3. 3 hotel
  4. 4 restaurant
  5. 5 (Tw) hostess club

Idioms (20)

今朝有酒今朝醉
jīn zhāo yǒu jiǔ jīn zhāo zuì
  1. 1 to live in the moment (idiom)
  2. 2 to live every day as if it were one's last
  3. 3 to enjoy while one can
以免借口
yǐ miǎn jiè kǒu
  1. 1 to remove sth that could be used as a pretext (idiom)
借刀杀人
jiè dāo shā rén
  1. 1 to lend sb a knife to kill sb
  2. 2 to get sb else to do one's dirty work
  3. 3 to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
借古讽今
jiè gǔ fěng jīn
  1. 1 to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
借尸还魂
jiè shī huán hún
  1. 1 lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise