杯底不可飼金魚
bēi​dǐ​bù​kě​sì​jīn​yú

bottoms up

  • created sense approved 杯底不可饲金鱼/杯底不可飼金魚 · bēi​dǐ​bù​kě​sì​jīn​yú · bottoms up — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    杯底不可饲金鱼 / 杯底不可飼金魚

    bēi​dǐ​bù​kě​sì​jīn​yú

    bottoms up

    A Taiwanese proverb used when drinking alcohol to mean that one should finish their glass in one gulp and not leave even a drop of liquid remaining, as if there were enough left to raise a goldfish.

    杯 (literal) → 杯 · bēi · cup 底 (literal) → 底 · dǐ · bottom 不可 (literal) → 不可 · bù​kě · cannot 饲 (literal) → 饲/飼 · sì · to feed 金鱼 (literal) → 金鱼/金魚 · jīn​yú · goldfish

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

    created sense