曲水流觞
qū​shuǐ​liú​shāng

winding stream party

  • created sense approved 曲水流觞/曲水流觴 · qū​shuǐ​liú​shāng · winding stream party — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    曲水流觞 / 曲水流觴

    qū​shuǐ​liú​shāng

    winding stream party

    An ancient drinking game where guests sit along a winding stream and a cup is floated down the water; the person closest to where the cup stops or slows down must drink and often compose a poem.

    曲水 (literal) → 曲水 · qū​shuǐ · winding water banquet 流 (literal) → 流 · liú · to flow 觞 (literal) → 觞/觴 · shāng · wine cup

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense