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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.drink
饮茶
drink tea
饮水
drink water
一饮而尽
empty it at one gulp
- 2
n.drink; beverage
冷饮
cold drink
热饮
hot drink
饮料
drinks
- 3
v.keep in the heart; nurse; harbour
饮恨
nurse a grievance
- 4
n.a decoction of Chinese medicine to be taken cold; retained fluid
香苏饮
medical broth prepared according to a traditional prescription
Words and phrases with 饮
- 饮料[word]drink
- 饮食[word]food and drink; eat and drink
- 饮子[word]a decoction of Chinese medicine to be taken cold
- 饮料瓶[word]beverage bottle
- 饮水机[word]water dispenser
- 饮泣[word]swallow one's tears
- 饮酒[word]drink wine
- 饮用水[word]drinking water
- 饮宴[word]feast and drink; banquet
- 饮泣吞声[idiom]choke down one's tears
- 饮恨而终[idiom]die unavenged
- 饮冰茹檗[idiom]drink ice water and eat the stump
- 饮食男女[idiom]food, drink and sex
- 饮酒作乐[idiom]be regaling oneself with wine
- 饮鸩止渴[idiom]drink poison to quench thirst
- 饮流怀源[idiom]gratitude for the source of benefit
- 饮醇自醉[idiom]be generous to others, making them willingly convinced
- 饮恨吞声[idiom]endure insults and humiliations
Word usage
- NoteWhen pronounced as "yìn", "饮" means "give (animals) water to drink", such as "饮牛.