敬酒不吃吃罚酒

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

lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom) / fig. to turn down a request only to be forced later to comply with it under pressure

to respect / to venerate / to salute / to offer

(bound form) respectful; to respect / to offer politely

to toast / to propose a toast

wine (esp. rice wine) / liquor / spirits / alcoholic beverage / CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer / to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2])

variant of 吃[chi1]

(onom.) sound of muffled laughter (chuckling, tittering etc) / sound of stammering

to punish / to penalize

variant of 罰|罚[fa2]

to drink as the result of having lost a bet