the wine cups passed freely

the wine cups passed freely

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is "B ē Ig ō ngji ā OCU", which means to compare the joy of drinking together. From the story of the drunken man Pavilion.

Idiom explanation

Gong, wine vessel.

The origin of Idioms

Ouyang Xiu of Song Dynasty wrote in the story of the drunken man's Pavilion: "among those who shoot, those who play chess win, those who drink wine and drink, and those who sit up and make noise, all the guests are happy."

Idiom usage

Subject predicate type; used as complement and adverbial; used to describe the lively scene of dinner. example a few old classmates who haven't seen each other in the past 30 years gather together and have a lot of fun.