We aim to support your Chinese studies with free resources. In this series, we explore idioms and proverbs, full of meaning. Today’s feature is 「不勝桮杓」, explained below.
This introduction highlights the idiom 「不勝桮杓」, with its meaning and examples explained below.
?黽bēisháo: cup, the same as “cup” in ancient times, a wine vessel, used to refer to drinking. It means that the alcohol tolerance is limited and one cannot drink any more.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
bù shèng bēi sháo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
bat1 sing3 bui1 seuk3
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