敬酒不吃吃罚酒 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 敬酒不吃吃罰酒 jìngjiǔbùchīchīfájiǔ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔ ㄔ ㄈㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom) fig. to turn down a request only to be forced later to comply with it under pressure Character by character 敬(jìng)respectful 酒(jiǔ)wine 不(bù)no 吃(chī)eat 吃(chī)eat 罚(fá)punish 酒(jiǔ)wine A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0