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酒逢知己千杯少

jiǔ féng zhī jǐ qiān bēi shǎo

7-character word

What 酒逢知己千杯少 means

1. a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom)
2. when you're with close friends, you can let your hair down

The characters in 酒逢知己千杯少

• 酒jiǔwine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits
• 逢féngto meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along
• 知zhīto know; to be aware
• 己jǐself; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干
• 千qiānthousand
• 杯bēicup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
• 少shǎofew; less; to lack