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 「金穀酒數」, explained below.
This feature highlights the idiom 「金穀酒數」, with its meaning and examples shown below.
A euphemism for “three dou of wine as punishment”. In the old days, it generally referred to the number of cups of wine that one was forced to drink as punishment during a banquet.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jīn yù jiǔ shù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gam1 guk1 jau2 sou2/sou3
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