Use a stick to remind of respect and carefulness, not carelessness.
敬酒不吃吃罚酒
lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom)
MEANING
- 壹
lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom)
- 貳
fig. to turn down a request only to be forced later to comply with it under pressure
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
- 酉(wine vessel (pictographic))PHONO-SEMANTIC
Alcohol is a liquid stored in a vessel and fermented from grain.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 罒(net; mesh)RADICAL
- 讠(speech; words)ASSOCIATIVE
- 刂(knife; punishment)ASSOCIATIVE
Caught by the net of law, convicted by words of guilt, and struck by the blade of punishment—that is punishment itself.
lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom)
MEANING
- 壹
lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom)
- 貳
fig. to turn down a request only to be forced later to comply with it under pressure
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
- 酉(wine vessel (pictographic))PHONO-SEMANTIC
Alcohol is a liquid stored in a vessel and fermented from grain.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 罒(net; mesh)RADICAL
- 讠(speech; words)ASSOCIATIVE
- 刂(knife; punishment)ASSOCIATIVE
Caught by the net of law, convicted by words of guilt, and struck by the blade of punishment—that is punishment itself.
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