tà
嚃
drink (literary)
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to drink; to sip (literary)
literaryUsed in classical Chinese texts to describe the action of drinking, often with a connotation of sipping or gulping. Rarely used in modern spoken Chinese.
Tà嚃
gēng羹
zhě者
，
bù不
lè乐
yú于
táng堂
。
Those who gulp their soup are not happy in the hall.
Tā他
tà嚃
le了
yī一
kǒu口
jiǔ酒
，
huǎn缓
huǎn缓
shuō说
dào道
。
He took a sip of wine and spoke slowly.
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Gǔ古
zhī之
jūn君
zǐ子
，
bù不
tà嚃
ér而
yǐn饮
。
The gentlemen of old did not gulp but drank properly.