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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喝* | 喝* | *喝
to drink / variant of
HSK 1
lit. to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom) / fig. to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
HSK 7-9
to acclaim / to cheer
HSK 7-9
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喝* | 喝* | *喝
to shout
to drink (alcohol)
to eat and drink / food and drink
lit. to drink the northwest wind (idiom) / fig. to go hungry; to have nothing to eat
to eat and drink gluttonously / to pig out
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")
to drink up / to finish (a drink)
to eat and drink as much as one likes / to make a pig of oneself
lit. to shout out hoping for fives and sixes when gambling with dice; a hubbub of gambling
to shout
to shout an order or command
to shout at sb to stop
to shout at / to berate
practice in which a novice monk is shouted at or hit with a stick with the purpose of bringing about instant awakening (Buddhism) / to rebuke sternly
to shout (i.e. to say in a loud voice) (usually followed by the words shouted) / (old) (of yamen bailiffs etc) to walk ahead of an official, shouting at pedestrians to clear the way
to get drunk
to acclaim / to cheer
to clear a street by banging gongs and shouting loudly (idiom)
unpleasant to drink
tasty (drinks)
to freeload
to yell at sb in rage
to drink up / to finish (a drink)
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.)
to eat and drink extravagantly / to binge
see 呵斥
to eat, drink, shit, piss, and sleep / (fig.) the ordinary daily routine
to shout / to bawl / to yell (to urge on an animal) / to hawk (one's wares) / to denounce loudly / to shout slogans
to cadge a meal
to boo or jeer (as a sign of displeasure at an actor)
to get drunk
lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom) / fig. to live well
to call to come and shout to go (idiom); to yell orders / always bossing people around
see 呵斥
(coll.) to be out of luck
(slang) to get drunk (Tw)
to shout intimidatingly; to bellow (in anger)
(idiom) you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink
lit. to go dining, wining, whoring and gambling (idiom) / fig. to lead a life of dissipation
to shout loudly / to bellow / to berate
(coll.) to get drunk / to get hammered
to get blackout drunk (slang)
(of a company) to gain recognition through promotional efforts; to spend money to win customers


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