喝茶
hē chá
Pinyin

Definition

喝茶
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hē chá
  1. (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly")

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

喝
hē
  1. 1 to drink
  2. 2 variant of 嗬[hē]
茶
chá
  1. 1 tea
  2. 2 tea plant
  3. 3 CL:杯[bēi],壺|壶[hú]
吃喝
chī hē
  1. 1 to eat and drink
  2. 2 food and drink
吃喝玩乐
chī hē wán lè
  1. 1 to eat, drink and be merry (idiom)
  2. 2 to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
喝酒
hē jiǔ
  1. 1 to drink (alcohol)
喝醉
hē zuì
  1. 1 to get drunk
大吃大喝
dà chī dà hē
  1. 1 to eat and drink as much as one likes
  2. 2 to make a pig of oneself
奶茶
nǎi chá
  1. 1 milk tea
好喝
hǎo hē
  1. 1 tasty (drinks)
茶叶
chá yè
  1. 1 tea
  2. 2 tea leaves
  3. 3 CL:盒[hé],罐[guàn],包[bāo],片[piàn]
茶馆
chá guǎn
  1. 1 teahouse
  2. 2 CL:家[jiā]
饮茶
yǐn chá
  1. 1 to have tea and refreshments
  2. 2 to have dimsum lunch (Cantonese)
儿茶素
ér chá sù
  1. 1 catechin (biochemistry)
功夫茶
gōng fu chá
  1. 1 very concentrated type of tea drunk in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan
吃喝嫖赌
chī hē piáo dǔ
  1. 1 to go dining, wining, whoring and gambling
  2. 2 to lead a life of dissipation
吃喝拉撒睡
chī hē lā sā shuì
  1. 1 to eat, drink, shit, piss, and sleep
  2. 2 (fig.) the ordinary daily routine
吃香喝辣
chī xiāng hē là
  1. 1 lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to live well
吆五喝六
yāo wǔ hè liù
  1. 1 lit. to shout out hoping for fives and sixes when gambling with dice; a hubbub of gambling
吆喝
yāo he
  1. 1 to shout
  2. 2 to bawl
  3. 3 to yell (to urge on an animal)
  4. 4 to hawk (one's wares)
  5. 5 to denounce loudly
  6. 6 to shout slogans
呵喝
hē hè
  1. 1 to shout loudly
  2. 2 to bellow
  3. 3 to berate

Idioms (10)

三个和尚没水喝
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē
  1. 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
  3. 3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
三茶六饭
sān chá liù fàn
  1. 1 lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes
  2. 2 to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)
吃喝玩乐
chī hē wán lè
  1. 1 to eat, drink and be merry (idiom)
  2. 2 to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
吃香喝辣
chī xiāng hē là
  1. 1 lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to live well
呼来喝去
hū lái hè qù
  1. 1 to call to come and shout to go (idiom); to yell orders
  2. 2 always bossing people around
喝西北风
hē xī běi fēng
  1. 1 lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry
残茶剩饭
cán chá shèng fàn
  1. 1 spoilt tea, leftover food (idiom); remains after a meal
  2. 2 crumbs from the feast
茶饭不思
chá fàn bù sī
  1. 1 no thought for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering
  2. 2 to have no appetite
茶饭无心
chá fàn wú xīn
  1. 1 no heart for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering
  2. 2 to have no appetite
开锣喝道
kāi luó hè dào
  1. 1 to clear a street by banging gongs and shouting loudly (idiom)

Sample Sentences

行。那你喝茶吧。
xíng 。nà nǐ hēchá ba 。
Okay. Then drink some tea.
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爸，请喝茶！
bà ，qǐng hēchá ！
Dad, please drink some tea with me!
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妈，请喝茶！
mā ，qǐng hēchá ！
Mum, please drink some tea with me!
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要用无聊来形容也无不可，喝茶吧，再不喝都凉了。
yào yòng wúliáo lái xíngróng yě wú bù kě ，hēchá ba ，zài bù hē dōu liáng le 。
You can call it boring I guess, drink some tea, it'll get cold if you don't.
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八十岁的老爷爷也可以说：今天我和我的小伙伴们去喝茶了。
bāshí suì de lǎoyéye yě kěyǐ shuō ：jīntiān wǒ hé wǒ de xiǎo huǒbàn men qù hēchá le 。
An eighty-year-old grandpa could say: “I went to drink tea with my little buddies.”
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我也是。要不我们找个地方一边喝茶一边聊吧！
wǒ yě shì 。yàobu wǒmen zhǎo ge dìfang yībiān hēchá yībiān liáo ba ！
Me neither. How about we find some place to have some tea while we chat?
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喝茶？你去了？
hēchá ？nǐ qù le ？
Drink tea? Did you go?
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当然。我跟她的朋友们一边喝茶，一边聊天，太有意思了！
dāngrán 。wǒ gēn tā de péngyǒu men yībiān hēchá ，yībiān liáotiān ，tài yǒu yìsi le ！
Of course. I drank tea and chatted with her friends. It was so interesting!
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来就来呗，还送什么见面礼啊，你太客气了！请坐，请喝茶。
lái jiù lái bēi ，hái sòng shénme jiànmiànlǐ a ，nǐ tài kèqi le ！qǐng zuò ，qǐng hēchá 。
You should have just come. You're too polite to bring such gifts! Please take a seat and have some tea.
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我比较喜欢喝咖啡，不太喜欢喝茶。
wǒ bǐjiào xǐhuan hē kāfēi ，bùtài xǐhuan hēchá 。
I prefer to drink coffee. I don't really like to drink tea.
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