drink to one's content(kāi huán chàng yǐn)

drink to one's content

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is k à Ihu á ICH à ngy à n, which means to open your mind and enjoy drinking. From sheliuchui pill.

Notes on Idioms

Happy: feel free, very happy.

The origin of Idioms

The third discount of Yuan Dynasty's Wumingshi's "sheliuchui pill" is: "people arrange wine and food, and enjoy the Dragon Boat Festival with all adults

Idiom usage

It refers to drinking. In the 21st chapter of the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of the Ming Dynasty, Cao Cao's cooking wine on the hero Guan Gong's killing chariots in the city: when they arrived at the pavilion, they had already set up a bottle of wine, with green plum on the plate and a bottle of cooking wine. They sat opposite each other and drank happily. The 43rd chapter of Shi Naian's the complete story of the Water Margin: "Li Kui didn't know what the plan was. He just drank happily and didn't remember what Song Jiang told him." The 37th chapter of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty: "when taishu is having a banquet, he makes Xiaodong play the Yuxiao, and taishu sings with him. It's a happy evening to drink freely." the 71st chapter of the popular romance of the Republic of China by Cai Dongfan and Xu Xun's father: "he's sitting in the chief, drinking freely, and guessing boxing."

Chinese PinYin : kāi huán chàng yǐn