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觥筹交错

gōng chóu jiāo cuòdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
wine goblets and gambling chips lie intertwined / to drink and gamble together in a large group (idiom) / a big (drinking) party
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-48b1692ba371e859. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

觥籌交錯 觥筹交错 [gong1 chou2 jiao1 cuo4] /wine goblets and gambling chips lie intertwined/to drink and gamble together in a large group (idiom)/a big (drinking) party/

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Other forms in these source records: 觥籌交錯

  • 觥
    gōng

    big / cup made of horn / horn wine container

  • 筹
    chóu

    chip (in gambling) / token (for counting) / ticket / to prepare / to plan / to raise (funds) / resource / way / means

  • 交
    jiāo

    to hand over / to deliver / to pay (money) / to turn over / to make friends / (of lines) to intersect

  • 错
    cuò

    mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver

    Cuò

    surname Cuo

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