敬酒不吃吃罰酒

jìngjiǔbùchīchīfájiǔ

refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit—submit to somebody's pressure after first turning down his request; be constrained to do what one at first refused to

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jing4 jiu3 bu4 chi1 chi1 fa2 jiu3

to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit, fig. to hesitate to do sth until forced to do even more

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敬酒不吃吃罰酒|敬酒不吃吃罚酒 [jìng jiǔ bù chī chī fá jiǔ] ► to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit ► fig. to hesitate to do sth until forced to do even more