流觴曲水
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See also: 流觞曲水
Chinese[edit]
to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move |
feast; goblet | tune; song; bent tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong |
water; river | ||
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trad. (流觴曲水) | 流 | 觴 | 曲 | 水 | |
simp. (流觞曲水) | 流 | 觞 | 曲 | 水 |
Etymology[edit]
- 又有清流激湍,映帶左右,引以為流觴曲水,列坐其次 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: 353 CE, Wang Xizhi, Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion
- yòu yǒu qīngliú jī tuān, yìng dài zuǒyòu, yǐn yǐ wèi liúshāngqūshuǐ, lièzuò qícì [Pinyin]
- The guests are seated side by side to have the winding stream party.
又有清流激湍,映带左右,引以为流觞曲水,列坐其次 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
流觴曲水
- the winding stream party, an ancient drinking game played during the Spring Purification Festival in which a cup of wine is floated down a stream with people seated on both side (the person sitting in front of the cup when it stops has to drink)