喜酒 xǐjiǔ wedding feast
wedding feast; liquor drunk at a wedding feast
How to remember 喜酒: 喜 happy + 酒 liquor = wedding feast.
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How it is used
- A wedding feast, or the liquor drunk at one - 喝喜酒 (hē xǐjiǔ) attend a wedding banquet (lit. drink the wedding wine).
- 喝喜酒 is the idiomatic way to say you're going to someone's wedding. Everyday, colloquial.