📖 Meaning
Playing finger-guessing games and performing drinking games during a banquet. It describes a lively and joyous drinking scene where guests play guessing games and the loser drinks as a penalty.
📜 Origin Story
This idiom originates from Volume 27 of 'Erke Paian Jingqi' (Second Slapping the Table in Amazement) by Ming Dynasty writer Ling Mengchu. The passage describes Scholar Wang loosening his belt, casting off formal attire, and feasting to his heart's content with finger-guessing and drinking games, leaving not a trace of restraint. It depicts a scene of uninhibited revelry where guests set aside etiquette for merry celebration.
💡 Example Usage
宴席上众人猜拳行令，推杯换盏，好不热闹。
At the banquet, the guests played finger-guessing drinking games and exchanged toasts, creating quite a lively scene.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 猜拳行令
- Pinyin: cāi quán xíng lìng
- Literal Translation: guess, fist, perform, drinking game
- Category: Lifestyle
- Characters: 4