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酒令

Word · Noun

drinking game; game rule for drinking

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Meanings

1 sense · 4 examples
1.

noun

a game or rule played while drinking where the loser must drink

informal

Often involves verbal games, riddles, or finger guessing (划拳). '~儿' indicates the colloquial, rhotacized form.

Jīn今
wǎn晚
jù聚
cān餐
 ,
wǒ我
men们
xíng行
gè个
jiǔ酒
lìng令
ba吧
 。

Let's play a drinking game at the dinner gathering tonight.

Tā他
bú不
huì会
chū出
jiǔ酒
lìng令
r儿
 ,
měi每
cì次
dōu都
shū输
 。

He doesn't know how to come up with a game rule, so he loses every time.

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Gǔ古
dài代
wén文
rén人
yǎ雅
jí集
cháng常
yǐ以
shī诗
cí词
zuò作
jiǔ酒
lìng令
 。

Ancient literati gatherings often used poetry as a drinking game.

Zuì最
jiǎn简
dān单
de的
jiǔ酒
lìng令
jiù就
shì是
 “
cāi猜
quán拳
 ”
 。

The simplest drinking game is 'finger guessing' (划拳).