瀝酒
See also: 沥酒
Chinese[edit]
drip | alcoholic drink | ||
---|---|---|---|
trad. (瀝酒) | 瀝 | 酒 | |
simp. (沥酒) | 沥 | 酒 |
Etymology[edit]
Once wine to drips onto the floor, the drops cannot be put back into the cup. Therefore, this gesture symbolized the fact that once someone gave his pledge (or once a good thing happened), there was no turning back.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihjeou
- IPA (key): /li⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Verb[edit]
瀝酒
- (archaic) to allow wine to slowly drip onto the floor (as a gesture of well wishing or to make a promise)
References[edit]
- Luo, Guanzhong (14th century) Annotated Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 4, page 57, note 38 (in Mandarin), →ISBN, published 1994