敬酒不吃吃罚酒 (敬酒不吃吃罰酒)
jìng jiǔ bù chī chī fá jiǔ
Pinyin

Definition

敬酒不吃吃罚酒 (敬酒不吃吃罰酒)
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jìng jiǔ bù chī chī fá jiǔ
  1. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit
  2. fig. to hesitate to do sth until forced to do even more

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
吃
chī
  1. 1 to eat
  2. 2 to consume
  3. 3 to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  4. 4 to eradicate
  5. 5 to destroy
  6. 6 to absorb
  7. 7 to suffer
  8. 8 to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [jí])
下酒
xià jiǔ
  1. 1 to be appropriate to have with alcohol
  2. 2 to down one's drink
不久
bù jiǔ
  1. 1 not long (after)
  2. 2 before too long
  3. 3 soon
  4. 4 soon after
不但
bù dàn
  1. 1 not only (... but also...)

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn
  1. 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
  2. 2 spotless
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

Sample Sentences

赵希希，你别敬酒不吃吃罚酒！不该你管的事儿，你少插手！否则别怪我不客气。
Zhào Xīxī ，nǐ bié jìngjiǔ bù chī chī fájiǔ ！bù gāi nǐ guǎn de shìr ，nǐ shǎo chāshǒu ！fǒuzé bié guài wǒ bù kèqì 。
Zhao Xixi, don't make me play hard-ball with you [or, don't refuse a gentle offer in favor of harsh punishment--Ed.]! Don't get involved in things that don't concern you. Otherwise, don't blame me when I'm not so friendly anymore.
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