流觴曲水

See also: 流觞曲水

Chinese

		to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move	feast; goblet	tune; song; bent tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong	water; river
trad. (流觴曲水)		流	觴	曲	水
simp. (流觞曲水)		流	觞	曲	水

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• 流觴曲水 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• Winding stream party (English)

Etymology

又有清流激湍，映帶左右，引以為流觴曲水，列坐其次 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

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又有清流激湍，映带左右，引以为流觞曲水，列坐其次 [Literary 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 have the winding stream party.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúshāngqūshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄤ ㄑㄩ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúshāngqūshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄤ ㄑㄩ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióushangcyushuěi
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-shang¹-chʻü¹-shui³
    • Yale: lyóu-shāng-chyū-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lioushangchiushoei
    • Palladius: люшанцюйшуй (ljušancjujšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

流觴曲水

1. the winding stream party, an ancient drinking game played during the 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)

Synonyms

• 曲水流觴／曲水流觞