進酒作樂

See also: 进酒作乐

Chinese

		to pour alcohol for somebody and then toast that person	to frolic and be merry; to compose music
trad. (進酒作樂)		進酒	作樂
simp. (进酒作乐)		进酒	作乐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìnjiǔzuòlè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon³ zau² zok³ lok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìnjiǔzuòlè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìnjiǒuzuòlè
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴-chiu³-tso⁴-lê⁴
    • Yale: jìn-jyǒu-dzwò-lè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnjeoutzuohleh
    • Palladius: цзиньцзюцзолэ (czinʹczjuczolɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeon³ zau² zok³ lok⁶
    • Yale: jeun jáu jok lohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen³ dzau² dzok⁸ lok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zên³ zeo² zog³ log⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn³³ t͡sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɔːk̚³ lɔːk̚²/

Idiom

進酒作樂

1. (literary) to pour alcohol and toast and to seek plesure