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Drink Up! / Cheers!

gān bēi

kan pai

건배

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

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 mainland China but not really used in Korea or Japan.

Not Only Can Water Float A Boat, It Can Sink It Also

shuǐ néng zài zhōu yì néng fù zhōu

수능재주역능복주

Not Only Can Water Float A Boat, It Can Sink It Also Vertical Wall Scroll

Many things have opposite properties. The water you drink can also drown you. Pork may nourish you and keep you alive but under-cook it and it could kill you. Potassium nitrate is often used as a fertilizer to grow the food that sustains us but it's also been used as an explosive to topple buildings and destroy us.

This concept is easily associated with "yin yang" where an element has two opposite properties that are as different as night and day.

This proverb's meaning can be summed up this way: "Anything that can lead you to success may also contain great risks."

This phrase is known in literary circles by Korean people (scholars or literature). It is therefore also a valid proverb in Korean Hanja, though most Koreans would not be able to make sense of it.

Please note that there is an unwritten rule when the same character appears twice in the same phrase, the calligrapher will alter the appearance so that no two characters are exactly alike in the same piece. This calligraphy has two repeating characters that will be written differently than they appear here.

Tea Fate

chá yuán

茶緣 is a special title for the tea lover. This kind of means "tea fate" but it's more spiritual and hard to define. Perhaps the tea brought you in to drink it. Perhaps the tea will bring you and another tea-lover together. Perhaps you were already there, and the tea came to you. Perhaps it's the ah-ha moment you will have when drinking the tea.

I've been told not to explain this further, as it will either dilute or confuse the purposefully-ambiguous idea embedded in this enigma.

I happen to be the owner of a piece of calligraphy written by either the son or nephew of the last emperor of China, and this is the title he wrote. It was given to me at a Beijing tea house in 2001. 茶緣 is where I learned to love tea after literally spending weeks tasting and studying everything I could about Chinese tea. I did not understand the significance of the authorship, or meaning of the title at all. Some 10 years later, I realized the gift was so profound and had such providence. Only now I realize the value of a gift that it is too late to give proper thanks for. It was also years later that I ended up in this business, and could have the artwork properly mounted as a wall scroll. It has been borrowed for many exhibitions and shows, and always amazes native Chinese and Taiwanese who read the signature. This piece of calligraphy which I once thought just a bit of ink on a thin and wrinkled piece of paper is now one of my most valued possessions. And by fate, it has taught me to be more thankful of seemingly simple gifts.

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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	More info & calligraphy: 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
戒 see styles	jiè / jie4 chieh kai;ingoto(ok) / かい;いんごと(ok)	戒 Custom Scroll 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.
七喜 see styles	qī xǐ / qi1 xi3 ch`i hsi / chi hsi nanaki / ななき	七喜 Custom Scroll 7 Up (soft drink); Hedy Holding Co., PRC computer manufacturer (personal name) Nanaki
上る see styles	noboru / のぼる agaru / あがる	上る Custom Scroll (v5r,vi) (1) to ascend; to go up; to climb; (2) to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise; (3) to go to (the capital); (4) to be promoted; (5) to add up to; (6) to advance (in price); (7) to swim up (a river); to sail up; (8) to come up (on the agenda); (irregular okurigana usage) (v5r,vi) (1) to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised; (2) to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in; (3) to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; (4) to get out (of water); to come ashore; (5) to increase; (6) to improve; to make progress; (7) to be promoted; to advance; (8) to be made (of profit, etc.); (9) to occur (esp. of a favourable result); (10) to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.); (11) to be finished; to be done; to be over; (12) (of rain) to stop; to lift; (13) to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die; (14) to win (in a card game, etc.); (15) to be spoken loudly; (16) to get stage fright; (17) to be offered (to the gods, etc.); (18) (humble language) to go; to visit; (19) (honorific or respectful language) to eat; to drink; (20) to be listed (as a candidate); (21) to serve (in one's master's home); (22) to go north; (suf,v5r) (23) indicates completion
乾す see styles	hosu / ほす	乾す Custom Scroll (transitive verb) (1) to air; to dry; to desiccate; (2) to drain (off); (3) to drink up; (4) to deprive of a role, job, etc. (usu. in the passive)
仰ぐ see styles	aogu / あおぐ	仰ぐ Custom Scroll (transitive verb) (1) to look up (at); (2) to look up to; to respect; to revere; (3) to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to turn to (someone) for; (4) to depend on; to rely on; (5) to gulp down; to quaff; to drink
吸盡吸尽 see styles	xī jìn / xi1 jin4 hsi chin	吸盡 Custom Scroll to absorb completely; to drink up
喝光 see styles	hē guāng / he1 guang1 ho kuang	喝光 Custom Scroll to drink up; to finish (a drink)
喝掉 see styles	hē diào / he1 diao4 ho tiao	喝掉 Custom Scroll to drink up; to finish (a drink)
干す see styles	hosu / ほす	干す Custom Scroll (transitive verb) (1) to air; to dry; to desiccate; (2) to drain (off); (3) to drink up; (4) to deprive of a role, job, etc. (usu. in the passive)
掬飲掬饮 see styles	jū yǐn / ju1 yin3 chü yin	掬飲 Custom Scroll to drink water by scooping it up with both hands
水乳 see styles	shuǐ rǔ / shui3 ru3 shui ju suinyū	水乳 Custom Scroll Water and milk— an illustration of the intermingling of things; but their essential separateness is recognized in that the rāja-haṃsa (a kind of goose) is said to be able to drink up the milk leaving behind the water.
汲む see styles	kumu / くむ	汲む Custom Scroll (transitive verb) (1) to draw (water); to ladle; to dip up; to scoop up; to pump; (2) (See 酌む・くむ) to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); (3) to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with; to intuit; to understand; (4) to draw upon; to inherit
破戒 see styles	pò jiè / po4 jie4 p`o chieh / po chieh hakai / はかい	破戒 Custom Scroll to violate a religious precept; to smoke or drink after giving up breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence) To break the commandments; transgression
解酲 see styles	jiě chéng / jie3 cheng2 chieh ch`eng / chieh cheng	解酲 Custom Scroll to sober up; to sleep off the effect of drink
上がる see styles	agaru / あがる	上がる Custom Scroll (v5r,vi) (1) to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised; (2) to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in; (3) to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; (4) to get out (of water); to come ashore; (5) to increase; (6) to improve; to make progress; (7) to be promoted; to advance; (8) to be made (of profit, etc.); (9) to occur (esp. of a favourable result); (10) to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.); (11) to be finished; to be done; to be over; (12) (of rain) to stop; to lift; (13) to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die; (14) to win (in a card game, etc.); (15) to be spoken loudly; (16) to get stage fright; (17) to be offered (to the gods, etc.); (18) (humble language) to go; to visit; (19) (honorific or respectful language) to eat; to drink; (20) to be listed (as a candidate); (21) to serve (in one's master's home); (22) to go north; (suf,v5r) (23) indicates completion
供する see styles	kyousuru / kyosuru / きょうする	供する Custom Scroll (vs-s,vt) (1) to offer; to present; to submit; to supply; (2) to serve (food and drink); (3) to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an alter)
挙がる see styles	agaru / あがる	挙がる Custom Scroll (v5r,vi) (1) to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised; (2) to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in; (3) to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; (4) to get out (of water); to come ashore; (5) to increase; (6) to improve; to make progress; (7) to be promoted; to advance; (8) to be made (of profit, etc.); (9) to occur (esp. of a favourable result); (10) to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.); (11) to be finished; to be done; to be over; (12) (of rain) to stop; to lift; (13) to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die; (14) to win (in a card game, etc.); (15) to be arrested; (16) to turn up (of evidence, etc.); (17) to be spoken loudly; (18) to get stage fright; (19) to be offered (to the gods, etc.); (20) (humble language) to go; to visit; (21) (honorific or respectful language) to eat; to drink; (22) to be listed (as a candidate); (23) to serve (in one's master's home); (24) to go north; (suf,v5r) (25) indicates completion
揚がる see styles	agaru / あがる	揚がる Custom Scroll (v5r,vi) (1) to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised; (2) to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in; (3) to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; (4) to get out (of water); to come ashore; (5) to increase; (6) to improve; to make progress; (7) to be promoted; to advance; (8) to be made (of profit, etc.); (9) to occur (esp. of a favourable result); (10) to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.); (11) to be finished; to be done; to be over; (12) (of rain) to stop; to lift; (13) to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die; (14) to win (in a card game, etc.); (15) to be deep fried; (16) to be spoken loudly; (17) to get stage fright; (18) to be offered (to the gods, etc.); (19) (humble language) to go; to visit; (20) (honorific or respectful language) to eat; to drink; (21) to be listed (as a candidate); (22) to serve (in one's master's home); (23) to go north; (suf,v5r) (24) indicates completion
極める see styles	kiwameru / きわめる kimeru / きめる	極める Custom Scroll (transitive verb) (1) to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; (2) to investigate thoroughly; to master; (transitive verb) (1) to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix; (2) to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); (3) to persist in doing; to go through with; (4) to always do; to have made a habit of; (5) to take for granted; to assume; (6) to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines; (7) to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing; (8) (martial arts term) (sumo) to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.); (9) to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs
決める see styles	kimeru / きめる	決める Custom Scroll (transitive verb) (1) to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix; (2) to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); (3) to persist in doing; to go through with; (4) to always do; to have made a habit of; (5) to take for granted; to assume; (6) to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines; (7) to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing; (8) (martial arts term) (sumo) to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.); (9) to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs
飲乾す see styles	nomihosu / のみほす	飲乾す Custom Scroll (irregular okurigana usage) (transitive verb) to drink up; to drain (cup)
飲干す see styles	nomihosu / のみほす	飲干す Custom Scroll (irregular okurigana usage) (transitive verb) to drink up; to drain (cup)
遣らかす see styles	yarakasu / やらかす	遣らかす Custom Scroll (transitive verb) (1) (kana only) (See しでかす) to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; (2) (kana only) to drink up; to eat up
飲みほす see styles	nomihosu / のみほす	飲みほす Custom Scroll (transitive verb) to drink up; to drain (cup)
飲み乾す see styles	nomihosu / のみほす	飲み乾す Custom Scroll (transitive verb) to drink up; to drain (cup)
飲み干す see styles	nomihosu / のみほす	飲み干す Custom Scroll (transitive verb) to drink up; to drain (cup)
干す(P);乾す see styles	hosu / ほす	(transitive verb) (1) to air; to dry; to desiccate; (2) to drain (off); (3) to drink up; (4) (usu. in the passive) to deprive of a role, job, etc.
決める(P);極める see styles	kimeru / きめる	(transitive verb) (1) to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix; (2) to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); (3) to persist in doing; to go through with; (4) (as 決めている) to always do; to have made a habit of; (5) to take for granted; to assume; (6) to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines; (7) to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing; (8) {MA;sumo} to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.); (9) to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs
師父領進門，修行在個人师父领进门，修行在个人 see styles	shī fu lǐng jìn mén , xiū xíng zài gè rén / shi1 fu5 ling3 jin4 men2 , xiu1 xing2 zai4 ge4 ren2 shih fu ling chin men , hsiu hsing tsai ko jen	Buy Custom Scroll the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you; you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink

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Title	Characters	Romaji(Romanized Japanese)	Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Drink Up! Cheers!	乾杯	kan pai / kanpai	gān bēi / gan1 bei1 / gan bei / ganbei	kan pei / kanpei
Drink Up! Cheers!	干杯		gān bēi / gan1 bei1 / gan bei / ganbei	kan pei / kanpei
Not Only Can Water Float A Boat, It Can Sink It Also	水能載舟亦能覆舟水能载舟亦能覆舟		shuǐ néng zài zhōu yì néng fù zhōu shui3 neng2 zai4 zhou1 yi4 neng2 fu4 zhou1 shui neng zai zhou yi neng fu zhou	shui neng tsai chou i neng fu chou
Tea Fate	茶緣茶缘		chá yuán / cha2 yuan2 / cha yuan / chayuan	ch`a yüan / chayüan / cha yüan
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.