一饮而尽

Traditional form:

一飲而盡

Pinyin (reading):

yīyǐn'érjìn

Definitions:

• to drain the cup in one gulp (idiom)

Characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 饮 - to swallow, to drink; a kind of drink
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 尽 - to exhaust, to use up, to deplete

Traditional characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 飲 - to swallow, to drink; a kind of drink
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 盡 - to exhaust, to use up, to deplete