| | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using / to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) / usefulness; utility / (bound form) expense; outlay / (courteous) to eat; to drink / (literary) hence; therefore | HSK 1 |
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| | to drink a toast / Cheers! (proposing a toast) / Here's to you! / Bottoms up! / lit. dry cup | HSK 2 |
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| | to press down / to calm / to subdue / to suppress / to guard / garrison / small town / to cool or chill (food or drinks) | HSK 6 |
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| | drink / beverage | HSK 5 |
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| | (drinking) straw / pipette / eyedropper / snorkel / CL: 支 | HSK 4 |
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| | soda pop; carbonated soft drink | HSK 4 |
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| | lit. to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom) / fig. to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure | HSK 7-9 |
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| | bar (place to buy drinks) / CL: 家 | HSK 4 |
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| | heavy drinking / to get drunk / to drink to excess | HSK 7-9 |
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| | eating and drinking / food and drink; diet | HSK 5 |
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| | beverage; drink | HSK 6 |
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| | to make a fermented drink (i.e. to brew beer, make wine etc) | |
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| | to enjoy offered food and drink | |
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| | dish that goes well with alcoholic drinks; snack eaten with drinks | |
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| | big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc) / open mouth / gulping / gobbling / gaping | |
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| | to drink water by scooping it up with both hands | |
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| | to reward or comfort with presents of food, drink etc | |
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| | to sample; to taste / to appreciate / one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc); good taste | |
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| | slushie / smoothie / crushed ice drink / frappucino | |
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| | beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc) | |
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| | drinking water; potable water | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to drink tea / to get engaged / to have a serious conversation / (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") | |
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| | to eat and drink / food and drink | |
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| | butter tea (Tibetan, Mongolian etc drink derived from milk) | |
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| | (of a drink) iced / on the rocks | |
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| | to be appropriate to have with alcohol / to down one's drink | |
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| | lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) / fig. everybody's business is nobody's business / (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.) | |
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| | wine-drinking game | |
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| | to eat and drink as much as one likes / to make a pig of oneself | |
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| | aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw | |
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| | tea drink; tea-based beverage | |
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| | to patrol / to make one's rounds / classifier for rounds of drinks | |
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| | cold drink | |
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| | to consume (food or drink); to eat; to drink | |
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| | to eat and drink extravagantly / to binge | |
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| | to drink one's fill | |
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| | 7 Up (soft drink) / Hedy Holding Co., PRC computer manufacturer | |
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| | to end abstinence / to resume (drinking) after a break / to break (a taboo) | |
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| | lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom) / fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse | |
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| | Slurpee (drink) | |
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| | to drink up / to finish (a drink) | |
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| | Baileys Irish Cream (brand of alcoholic drink) / see also 百利甜酒 | |
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| | (literary) to urge sb (to eat or drink) | |
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| | strong alcoholic drink | |
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| | Yakult (Japanese brand of fermented milk drink) | |
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| | to drink (alcohol) | |
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| | to give up drinking / to abstain from drinking | |
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| | lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom) / fig. to live well | |
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| | to urge sb to drink alcohol | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | to force sb to drink alcohol | |
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| | to visit a prostitute / (literary) to buy wine or drinks | |
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| | to turn red in the face (while drinking) / to become smug (when complimented) | |
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| | to merely have a sip or a bite (of one's food or drink) / (fig.) to dabble in; to flirt with (a topic) | |
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| | unrestrained / cheerful lack of inhibition, esp. for drinking or sleeping / to drink with abandon | HSK 7-9 |
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| | drink (on a menu) | |
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| | (fig.) (derog.) beer or other alcoholic drink (esp. cheap or poor-quality) | |
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| | fresh water / drinking water / clear water | |
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| | Red Bull (energy drink) | |
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| | to mix drinks / cocktail | |
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| | lit. to try to make an ox drink by forcing its head down to the water (idiom) / fig. to try to impose one's will on sb | |
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| | without ice; no ice (when ordering drinks) | |
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| | to violate a religious precept / to smoke or drink after giving up | |
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| | to eat meat and drink wine | |
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| | to drink and chat merrily (idiom) | |
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| | pull tab (on a drink can) / strap handle (on a bus or train) / ring-shaped door handle | |
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| | to drink one's fill | |
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| | lit. to drink the northwest wind (idiom) / fig. to go hungry; to have nothing to eat | |
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| | to have a few (alcoholic) drinks (often implying a small party) | |
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| | ancient banquet game of throwing arrows into a pot, the winner determined by the number of arrows thrown in, and the loser required to drink as punishment | |
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| | soft drink | |
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| | drinking game chips (typically in the form of strips of bamboo inscribed with lines of poetry) | |
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| | to lay a foundation (also fig.) / to make a first sketch / to eat sth before drinking / to apply an undercoat | |
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| | (loanword) soda / (loanword) carbonated drink; soft drink | |
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| | to drink along (with sb) | |
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| | Sprite (soft drink) | |
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| | 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! | |
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| | to drink wine | |
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| | to absorb completely / to drink up | |
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| | classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc) | |
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| | bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc) / to puff (on a pipe etc) / (onom.) bang / abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧 | |
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| | to drink / to sip / to taste / to lick / whisper / petty | |
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| | after drinking / under the influence of alcohol | |
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| | to drink | |
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| | to give (animals) water to drink | |
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| | water dispenser / water cooler / drinking fountain | |
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| | to reward with food and drink / to feast (sb) / presents of food etc made to troops / Taiwan pr. [kao4 lao4] | |
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| | the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you / you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink | |
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| | Fanta (soft drink brand) / Fender (guitar brand) | |
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| | to drink in excess | |
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| | social occasion centered on alcohol; drinking party; drinking session | |
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| | tasty (drinks) | |
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| | (idiom) to drink together in a convivial atmosphere | |
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| | to eat and drink unreasonably | |
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| | (of an insect) to drink (nectar, sap, blood etc) / (of a person) to take (a narcotic drug) / to drink through a straw | |
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| | not a slave to the bottle / able to enjoy alcohol in moderation / able to hold one's drink | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | (loanword) sarsaparilla (carbonated soft drink) / (HK) (loanword) SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) | |
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| | hot drink | |
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