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  1. Drink

  2. Drinking the water of a well: One should never forget who dug it

  3. Drink Up! / Cheers!

  4. Eat Drink and Be Merry

  5. Eat Drink and Be Merry, For Tomorrow We Die

  6. Eat Drink and Be Merry


 yǐn
 no / in
 
Drink Scroll

飲 is how to formally write “drink” (the verb for taking a drink or drinking) in Chinese and Japanese.

This is different than the noun for a drink. There are other ways to say/write drink, but they are more for oral/spoken language. This more formal version is appropriate if you want to write the word “drink.”

This is kind of an odd selection for a wall scroll but no bad meaning.


飮In Korean Hanja, this character is generally written in the variant shown to the right.

み飲This can be pronounced in Japanese but this is seldom seen as a lone Kanji, and thus is not appropriate if your audience is Japanese. They will, at least, use a second Hiragana character in Japanese, as shown to the right. This is "nomi."

喝The common oral character looks like the one shown to the right. But this is not appropriate for a wall scroll.

吃In some cases (often in ancient Chinese) the character shown to the right is used to mean drink. But this word refers to anything you consume in your mouth. This character is most often used to mean "eat" in modern Chinese.

Drinking the water of a well: One should never forget who dug it

 chī shuǐ bú wàng jué jǐng rén
Drinking the water of a well: One should never forget who dug it Scroll

This proverb suggests that one should always be grateful to those who helped one succeed.

And remember your ancestors and those that came before you whose sacrifices made your present life better.

Some Chinese will separate the intended meaning from this proverb and translate this as “Don't forget the people who once helped you.” In Modern China, this idiom is virtually never used to refer to an actual well.

Note: This can be pronounced in Korean but it's not a commonly used phrase.

Drink Up! / Cheers!

 gān bēi
 kan pai
Drink Up! / Cheers! Scroll

乾杯 is the common way to say “cheers” or give a toast in Chinese, Japanese and old Korean (written the same in all three languages, though pronounced differently).

乾杯 is an appropriate wall scroll for a bar, pub, or another drinking area.

The first character literally means “dry” or “parched.”
The second character means “cup” or “glass.”

Together the meaning is to drink up (empty your glass).

Drink Up! / Cheers!

Alternate version

 gān bēi
Drink Up! / Cheers! Scroll

干杯 is an alternate form of the word in Chinese that means “drink up” or “cheers.”

The first character is still pronounced the same, but the form is quite different. This version is used in mainland China but is not really used in Korea or Japan.

Eat Drink and Be Merry

 chī hē wán lè
Eat Drink and Be Merry Scroll

吃喝玩樂 is the short version of, “Eat, drink, and be merry.”

This is a Chinese proverb that suggests abandoning oneself to a life of pleasure.

Eat Drink and Be Merry, For Tomorrow We Die

 tabe nomi tanoshime ashita wa mina shinu
Eat Drink and Be Merry, For Tomorrow We Die Scroll

食べ飲み楽しめ明日は皆死ぬ means “eat drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die,” in Japanese.


Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

Eat Drink and Be Merry

 chī hē wán lè jí shí xíng lè
Eat Drink and Be Merry Scroll

喫喝玩樂及時行樂 is just about the closest proverb to match the western idea of “Eat, drink, and be merry.”

This is a Chinese proverb that more literally means “Eat, drink, play, be merry, enjoy everything as long as you can.”

It's basically a suggestion that you try to enjoy everything in life, as long as you live, or as long as you are able.




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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

乾杯


干杯

see styles
gān bēi
    gan1 bei1
kan pei
 kanpai
    かんぱい

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Drink Up! / Cheers!
to drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast); Here's to you!; Bottoms up!; lit. dry cup
(noun/participle) (1) toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); (2) drinking one's glass dry; (interjection) (3) cheers

インカ

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 inka
    インカ

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Inka
inka (roast grain drink); (personal name) Inga

吃喝玩樂


吃喝玩乐

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chī hē wán lè
    chi1 he1 wan2 le4
ch`ih ho wan le
    chih ho wan le

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Eat Drink and Be Merry
to eat, drink and be merry (idiom); to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure

吃香喝辣

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chī xiāng hē là
    chi1 xiang1 he1 la4
ch`ih hsiang ho la
    chih hsiang ho la

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Live Well
lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom); fig. to live well

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yòu
    you4
yu
 yumi
    ゆみ
(literary) to urge sb (to eat or drink)
(female given name) Yumi

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zhān
    zhan1
chan
to drink; to sip; to taste; to lick; whisper; petty

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wèi
    wei4
wei
 mi
    み
taste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel; quality; sense; (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription
(1) (sense of) taste; (suf,ctr) (2) counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.
rasa. Taste, flavour; the sense of taste. One of the six sensations.

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xiā
    xia1
hsia
to sip; to drink; Taiwan pr. [xia2]

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chuò
    chuo4
ch`o
    cho
(literary) to drink; to sip; to sob

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    he4
ho
 katsu
    かつ
to shout
(interjection) (1) exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen); (2) scolding or threatening with a shout
To shout, bawl, call, scold; to drink.

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chuáng
    chuang2
ch`uang
    chuang
(dialect) to eat or drink extravagantly

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    ta4
t`a
    ta
(literary) to drink; to swallow

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wǎn
    wan3
wan
 ango
    あんご
winding; as if
(1) aim; object; purpose; end; (2) expectations; prospects; hopes; (3) something that can be relied upon; (4) (ksb:) snack served with alcoholic drink; (suffix noun) (5) pad; guard; (n-suf,n-pref) (6) blow; strike; (suffix) (7) addressed to; (8) (kana only) per; (personal name) Ango
completely

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jiè
    jie4
chieh
 kai; ingoto(ok)
    かい; いんごと(ok)
to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing something; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger)
(1) (かい only) {Buddh} admonition; commandment; (2) sila (precept)
śīla, 尸羅. Precept, command, prohibition, discipline, rule; morality. It is applied to the five, eight, ten, 250, and other commandments. The five are: (1) not to kill; (2 ) not to steal; (3) not to commit adultery; (4) not to speak falsely; (5) not to drink wine. These are the commands for lay disciples; those who observe them will be reborn in the human realm. The Sarvāstivādins did not sanction the observance of a limited selection from them as did the 成實宗 Satyasiddhi school. Each of the five precepts has five guardian spirits, in all twenty-five, 五戒二十五神. The eight for lay disciples are the above five together with Nos. 7, 8, and 9 of the following; the ten commands for the ordained, monks and nuns, are the above five with the following: (6) not to use adornments of flowers, nor perfumes; (7) not to perform as an actor, juggler, acrobat, or go to watch and hear them; (8) not to sit on elevated, broad, and large divans (or beds); (9) not to eat except in regulation hours; (10) not to possess money, gold or silver, or precious things. The 具足戒full commands for a monk number 250, those for a nun are 348, commonly called 500. Śīla is also the first of the 五分法身, i.e. a condition above all moral error. The Sutra of Brahma's Net has the following after the first five: (6) not to speak of the sins of those in orders; (7) not to vaunt self and depreciate others; (8) not to be avaricious; (9) not to be angry; (10) not to slander the triratna.


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wǎn
    wan3
wan
 wan
    わん
variant of 碗[wan3]
(1) (See 碗・1) bowl (wooden); (counter) (2) counter for bowls of food or drink
bowl

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shuò
    shuo4
shuo
to suck; to drink

see styles
chǐ
    chi3
ch`ih
    chih
drink

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shà
    sha4
sha
to drink

see styles
chuò
    chuo4
ch`o
    cho
(literary) to drink; to sip; gruel; soup

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kào
    kao4
k`ao
    kao
to reward or comfort with presents of food, drink etc

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yòng
    yong4
yung
 you / yo
    よう
to use; to employ; to have to; to eat or drink; expense or outlay; usefulness; hence; therefore
(1) business; task; errand; engagement; (2) use; purpose; (suffix noun) (3) for the use of ...; used for ...; made for ...; (4) (See 用を足す・2) call of nature; excretion; (place-name) Yō
To use, to employ; use, function.

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wǎn
    wan3
wan
 wan
    わん
bowl; cup; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]
(1) (See 椀・わん・1) bowl (ceramic, porcelain); (counter) (2) counter for bowls of food or drink

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zhào
    zhao4
chao
 zaru; zaru
    ざる; ザル
loosely woven bamboo ladle
(1) (kana only) draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; strainer; sieve; (2) (kana only) (See ざる法,ざる碁) something full of holes; (3) (abbreviation) (kana only) {food} (See ざる蕎麦) zaru soba; (4) (colloquialism) (kana only) strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish; (surname) Zaru

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zhuó
    zhuo2
cho
 shaku
    しゃく
to pour wine; to drink wine; to deliberate; to consider
(1) pouring alcohol; (2) (dated) person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)
ladle

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lào
    lao4
lao
 raku
    らく
(bound form) semi-solid food made from milk (junket, cheese etc); (bound form) fruit jelly; sweet paste made with crushed nuts; Taiwan pr. [luo4]
(See 五味・2) acidic drink made from fermented milk (cow, sheep, mare; one of the five flavors in Buddhism)
dadhi, a thick, sour milk which is highly esteemed as a food and as a remedy or preventive.

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    pu2
p`u
    pu
drink heavily; drink in company

see styles
yòng
    yong4
yung
to drink to excess; dissolute

see styles

    yi4
i
fine wine; to award with (food and drink)

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    li3
li
 amasake
    あまさけ
sweet wine
(food term) sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice; (place-name) Amasake

see styles
yǐn
    yin3
yin
 on
variant of 飲|饮[yin3]
To drink, swallow; to water cattle.

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Drink飲 / 飮
no / inyǐn / yin3 / yin
Drinking the water of a well: One should never forget who dug it吃水不忘掘井人chī shuǐ bú wàng jué jǐng rén
chi1 shui3 bu2 wang4 jue2 jing3 ren2
chi shui bu wang jue jing ren
chishuibuwangjuejingren
ch`ih shui pu wang chüeh ching jen
chih shui pu wang chüeh ching jen
Drink Up!
Cheers!
乾杯kan pai / kanpaigān bēi / gan1 bei1 / gan bei / ganbeikan pei / kanpei
Drink Up!
Cheers!
干杯gān bēi / gan1 bei1 / gan bei / ganbeikan pei / kanpei
Eat Drink and Be Merry吃喝玩樂
吃喝玩乐
chī hē wán lè
chi1 he1 wan2 le4
chi he wan le
chihewanle
ch`ih ho wan le
chihhowanle
chih ho wan le
Eat Drink and Be Merry, For Tomorrow We Die食べ飲み楽しめ明日は皆死ぬtabe nomi tanoshime ashita wa mina shinu
Eat Drink and Be Merry喫喝玩樂及時行樂
吃喝玩乐及时行乐
chī hē wán lè jí shí xíng lè
chi1 he1 wan2 le4 ji2 shi2 xing2 le4
chi he wan le ji shi xing le
chihewanlejishixingle
ch`ih ho wan le chi shih hsing le
chih ho wan le chi shih hsing le
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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