Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「以酒解酲」.
Introducing the Chinese idiom 「以酒解酲」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.
Drunk: drunk and unconscious. Use alcohol to sober up. A metaphor for using harmful methods to solve an emergency.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yǐ jiǔ jiě chéng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yi5 jau2 gaai2 ching4
The collection of Chinese idioms is enormous, with each one holding its own meaning and purpose. We hope these resources can assist you in better understanding and learning Chinese.
