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                清酒断肠
                [qīng jiŭ duàn cháng]
                
                                        Translates to Clear Wine Breaking the Guts suggesting strong emotions of sorrow usually heartache ...
                
             
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                把酒浇愁
                [bă jiŭ jiāo chóu]
                
                                        Drowning Sorrows in Wine A phrase derived from the classical practice of drinking to forget worries ...
                
             
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                借酒浇愁
                [jiè jiŭ jiāo chóu]
                
                                        Pour Wine Over Sorrow indicates drowning one ’ s sorrows with drink The owner might use drinking ...
                
             
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                咽酒泪
                [yān jiŭ lèi]
                
                                        Swallowing Wine and Tears combines the act of drinking wine with the act of crying This evokes emotions ...
                
             
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                酒尽眼泪流
                [jiŭ jĭn yăn lèi liú]
                
                                        Wine Gone Tears Begin to Flow reflects a sentiment of emotional release often after indulgence It ...
                
             
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                泪混酒
                [lèi hùn jiŭ]
                
                                        Tears mixed with wine a poetic way to convey heartache and sorrow where one drinks away their troubles ...
                
             
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                热泪慰酒
                [rè lèi wèi jiŭ]
                
                                        Hot Tears Comforting Wine poetically describes the act of drinking away sorrow while shedding tears ...
                
             
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                酒和泪入喉
                [jiŭ hé lèi rù hóu]
                
                                        Wine and Tears Down the Throat symbolizes deep sorrow mixed with attempts to cope perhaps using alcohol ...
                
             
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                饮泪酒
                [yĭn lèi jiŭ]
                
                                        Drink Wine Made of Tears This signifies drinking in ones sorrows and pain metaphorically as if sadness ...