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酒逢知己千杯少

jiǔ féng zhī jǐ qiān bēi shǎo
For a bosom friend, a thousand cups of wine are not enough.

wine meet soulmate thousand cups few

When you're with someone who truly understands you, even dri...

When you're with someone who truly understands you, even drinking a thousand cups feels like too little — time flies and conversation flows. It celebrates the joy of deep, soul-level connection.

Drinking is a central social ritual in China, and this saying elevates it from mere recreation to a medium for profound bonding.

Someone might say this during a long, heartfelt dinner with an old friend, toasting repeatedly and feeling that no amount of time is sufficient.

It expresses the ideal of true companionship — where words and wine merge, and superficiality falls away. It signals that the speaker values depth over quantity in relationships.

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