feast; enjoy a sumptuous meal occasionally
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to feast; to enjoy a sumptuous meal occasionally; (orig.) to eat meat at the beginning and middle of the month
dialectOriginally a dialectal term referring specifically to eating meat on the 1st and 15th of the lunar month, later extended to mean any occasional feast or treat.
Jīn今
tiān天
wǒ我
men们
dǎ打
yá牙
jì祭
，
qù去
chī吃
huǒ火
guō锅
ba吧
。
Today we're feasting, let's go eat hot pot.
Yǐ以
qián前
jiā家
lǐ里
qióng穷
，
zhǐ只
yǒu有
guò过
nián年
cái才
néng能
dǎ打
yá牙
jì祭
。
In the past, the family was poor, and we could only feast during New Year.
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Zhè这
gè个
yuè月
fā发
gōng工
zī资
le了
，
zán咱
men们
qù去
dǎ打
yá牙
jì祭
qìng庆
zhù祝
yī一
xià下
。
Got paid this month, let's go feast to celebrate.