醉翁之意不在酒 Save Sign in to save words zuìwēngzhīyìbùzàijiǔ ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄥ ㄓ ㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ wine-lover's heart is not in the cup (idiom) a drinker not really interested in alcohol having an ulterior motive to have other things in mind with an ax to grind accomplishing something besides what one set out to do Character by character 醉(zuì)intoxicated 翁(wēng)surname Weng 之(zhī)(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de) 意(yì)idea 不(bù)no 在(zài)exist 酒(jiǔ)wine A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0