杯酒解怨
bēi jiǔ jiě yuàn
Pinyin
Definition
杯酒解怨
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- a wine cup dissolves complaints (idiom); a few drinks can ease social interaction
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to be appropriate to have with alcohol
- 2 to down one's drink
- 1 to understand
- 2 to realize
- 3 to find out
- 1 to complain
- 2 to grumble
- 3 to harbor a complaint
- 4 to feel dissatisfied
- 1 cup
- 2 trophy cup
- 3 classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
- 1 to comprehend
- 2 to understand
- 3 comprehension
- 4 understanding
Idioms (20)
一知半解
- 1 lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge
- 2 dilettante
- 3 amateur
不求甚解
- 1 lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview
- 2 not bothered with the details
- 3 superficial
- 4 content with shallow understanding
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
以德报怨
- 1 to return good for evil (idiom)
- 2 to requite evil with good
以直报怨,以德报德
- 1 to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)