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劝君更尽一杯酒

勸君更盡一杯酒
quàn jūn gèng jìn yì bēi jiǔ
quotation

Meanings

  1. 1 let me urge you to drain one more cup of wine
  2. 2 the classic Chinese farewell toast to a friend setting out on a long journey
  3. 3 urge you further-exhaust one cup wine

Examples

HSK 7-9
老同学要出国，大家举杯劝君更尽一杯酒。
Lǎo tóngxué yào chūguó, dàjiā jǔbēi quàn jūn gèng jìn yì bēi jiǔ.
The old classmate was going abroad - everyone raised their glasses: 'one more cup, dear friend.'
HSK 7-9
送别宴上，他引用劝君更尽一杯酒，西出阳关无故人。
Sòngbié yàn shàng, tā yǐnyòng quàn jūn gèng jìn yì bēi jiǔ, xī chū Yángguān wú gùrén.
At the farewell banquet he quoted 'drain one more cup - west of Yang Pass, no old friends remain.'

Tips

history
From 王维《送元二使安西》 (Wang Wei, Tang, 8th c., seeing off Yuan Er on a mission to Anxi in the Western Regions): 渭城朝雨浥轻尘，客舍青青柳色新。劝君更尽一杯酒，西出阳关无故人 (Morning rain in Weicheng has settled the light dust; the guesthouse willows are fresh and green again. Let me urge you to drink one more cup - once you pass west of Yang Pass there will be no old friends). Set to music as 《阳关三叠》 (Yangguan Three Variations), it became the standard farewell song for over a thousand years.
usage
Always recited with 西出阳关无故人 ('once past Yang Pass, no old friend'). 更 here is gèng 'further, one more,' not gēng. Still sung today in classical Chinese music performance and quoted at any airport goodbye.

Stroke Order

劝 quàn
君 jūn
更 gèng
尽 jìn
一 yī
杯 bēi
酒 jiǔ