敬酒不吃吃罚酒
Traditional form:
敬酒不吃吃罰酒
Pinyin (reading):
jìngjiǔbùchīchīfájiǔ
Definitions:
- lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom)
- fig. to turn down a request only to be forced later to comply with it under pressure
Characters:
- 敬 - to respect, to honor; respectfully
- 酒 - wine, spirits, liquor, alcohol
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
- 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
- 罚 - penalty, fine; to punish, to penalize
- 酒 - wine, spirits, liquor, alcohol
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