1 to drink

2 variant: 嗬 hē

1 variant: 啊 ā

1 (onom.) gentle laughter

2 chuckle

1 to drink (alcohol)

1 to do something at one go

2 to flow smoothly

1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)

2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business

3 (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.)

1 to eat, drink and be merry (idiom)

2 to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure

1 lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom)

2 fig. to live well

1 to call to come and shout to go (idiom); to yell orders

2 always bossing people around

1 lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry