瀝酒

See also: 沥酒

Chinese

		drip	alcoholic drink
trad. (瀝酒)		瀝	酒
simp. (沥酒)		沥	酒

Etymology

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìjiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lìjiǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihjeou
    • IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

瀝酒

1. (archaic) to allow wine to slowly drip onto the floor (as a gesture of well wishing or to make a promise)

References

• Luo, Guanzhong (14th century) Annotated Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 4, page 57, note 38 (in Mandarin), →ISBN, published 1994