流觴曲水

See also: 流觞曲水

Chinese

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to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move

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tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong

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Etymology

清流左右流觴曲水列坐其次 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
清流左右流觞曲水列坐其次 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: 353 CE, Wang Xizhi, Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion
yòu yǒu qīngliú jī tuān, yìng dài zuǒyòu, yǐn yǐ wèi liúshāngqūshuǐ, lièzuò qícì [Pinyin]
The guests are seated side by side to play the drinking game where a wine cup is floated down the stream and the first person sitting in front of the cup when it stops must drink.

Pronunciation


Noun

流觴曲水

  1. an ancient drinking game played during Spring Purification Festival in which a cup of wine is floated down a stream with people seated on both side (the person sitting in front of the cup when it stops has to drink)

References

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