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Usage of the character 饮

yìn
[飲]
  • to give (animals) water to drink
yǐn
[㱃]
  • old variant of 飲/饮 (yǐn)
yǐn
[飲]
  • to drink
chàngyǐn
畅饮
[暢飲]
  • to have a few drinks
  • to drink to one's heart's content
lěngyǐn
冷饮
[冷飲]
  • cold drink
yǐnjiǔ
饮酒
[飲酒]
  • to drink wine
yǐnyàn
饮宴
[飲宴]
  • banquet
  • dinner
  • drinking party
  • feast
tòngyǐn
痛饮
[痛飲]
  • to drink one's fill
chuòyǐn
啜饮
[啜飲]
  • to sip
shìyǐn
试饮
[試飲]
  • to taste (wine etc)
yǐnshí
饮食
[飲食]
  • eating and drinking
  • food and drink; diet
yǐnshuǐ
饮水
[飲水]
  • drinking water
yànyǐn
宴饮
[宴飲]
  • to wine and dine
  • to feast
  • banquet
rèyǐn
热饮
[熱飲]
  • hot drink
yǐnqì
饮泣
[飲泣]
  • (literary) to weep in silence
yǐnchá
饮茶
[飲茶]
  • to have tea and refreshments
  • to have dim sum lunch (Cantonese)
niúyǐn
牛饮
[牛飲]
  • gulp
jūyǐn
掬饮
[掬飲]
  • to drink water by scooping it up with both hands
jǐnyǐn
卺饮
[巹飲]
  • to share nuptial cup
  • fig. to get married
cānyǐn
餐饮
[餐飲]
  • food and beverage
  • catering
  • repast
yǐnliào
饮料
[飲料]
  • drink
  • beverage
yǐnpǐn
饮品
[飲品]
  • beverage
yǐnyòng
饮用
[飲用]
  • drink
  • drinking or drinkable (water)
xiǎngyǐn
飨饮
[饗飲]
  • to enjoy offered food and drink
kuángyǐn
狂饮
[狂飲]
  • to drink hard
ruǎnyǐn
软饮
[軟飲]
  • soft drink
liúyǐn
留饮
[留飲]
  • (TCM) edema; dropsy
yǐnhèn
饮恨
[飲恨]
  • to nurse a grievance
  • to harbor a grudge
jùyǐn
聚饮
[聚飲]
  • to meet for social drinking
hānyǐn
酣饮
[酣飲]
  • to drink one's fill
yǐnyòngshuǐ
饮用水
[飲用水]
  • drinking water
  • potable water
ruǎnyǐnliào
软饮料
[軟飲料]
  • soft drink
yǐnshuǐjī
饮水机
[飲水機]
  • water dispenser
  • water cooler
  • drinking fountain
cānyǐndiàn
餐饮店
[餐飲店]
  • dining room
  • restaurant
yǐnshuǐqì
饮水器
[飲水器]
  • water dispenser
jiǔjīngyǐnliào
酒精饮料
[酒精飲料]
  • liquor
yǐnzhènzhǐkě
饮鸩止渴
[飲鴆止渴]
  • lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom)
  • fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse
shǒuyáoyǐnliào
手摇饮料
[手搖飲料]
  • hand-mixed drink (of the kind sold at a bubble tea shop)
zhǐbāoyǐnpǐn
纸包饮品
[紙包飲品]
  • juice box
  • drink in a carton
  • Tetra Pak drink
Bǎishèng Cānyǐn
百胜餐饮
[百勝餐飲]
  • Tricon Global Restaurants (incl. Pizza Hut and KFC)
néngliàngyǐnliào
能量饮料
[能量飲料]
  • energy drink
yǐnshuǐsīyuán
饮水思源
[飲水思源]
  • lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom); gratitude for blessings and their well-spring
  • Don't forget where your happiness come from.
  • Be grateful for all your blessings!
yǐnshíliáoyǎng
饮食疗养
[飲食療養]
  • diet
shēngtóngyǐnshí
生酮饮食
[生酮飲食]
  • ketogenic diet
yǐnliúhuáiyuán
饮流怀源
[飲流懷源]
  • lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom); gratitude for blessings and their well-spring
  • Don't forget where your happiness come from.
  • Be grateful for all your blessings!
bàoyǐnbàoshí
暴饮暴食
[暴飲暴食]
  • to eat and drink unreasonably
jiǔshuǐyǐnliào
酒水饮料
[酒水飲料]
  • drink (on a menu)
yǐnhèntūnshēng
饮恨吞声
[飲恨吞聲]
  • to harbor a grudge with deep-seated hatred (idiom)
kuángyǐn-bàoshí
狂饮暴食
[狂飲暴食]
  • (idiom) to eat and drink to excess
yǐnjiǔjiàchē
饮酒驾车
[飲酒駕車]
  • drink and drive (moderately high blood alcohol concentration)
yīyǐn'érjìn
一饮而尽
[一飲而盡]
  • to drain the cup in one gulp (idiom)
jiǎnyǐnzéshí
拣饮择食
[揀飲擇食]
  • to choose one's food carefully
  • to be picky
rúmáoyǐnxuè
茹毛饮血
[茹毛飲血]
  • devour raw meat and fowl (of savages)
yǐnjiǔzuòlè
饮酒作乐
[飲酒作樂]
  • drinking party
  • to go on a binge
  • to paint the town red
rúhūnyǐnjiǔ
茹荤饮酒
[茹葷飲酒]
  • to eat meat and drink wine
Bǎishèng Cānyǐn Jítuán
百胜餐饮集团
[百勝餐飲集團]
  • Yum! Brands, Inc., American fast food corporation operating Pizza Hut, KFC etc.
rúrényǐnshuǐ,lěngnuǎnzìzhī
如人饮水,冷暖自知
[如人飲水,冷暖自知]
  • the person who drinks it knows best whether the water is hot or cold (Zen proverb); self-awareness comes from within
  • to know best by personal experience