coeng3 jam2暢飲畅饮
Jyutpingcoeng3 jam2
Yalecheung yám
Definition
To drink to one's heart's content, without restraint.
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How it's used
Carries a sense of freedom and indulgence, often implying a social setting where people are relaxed and enjoying themselves without restraint. While it can refer to any beverage, it is most frequently associated with alcoholic drinks in a celebratory or leisure context. It emphasizes the quality of the experience rather than just the act of consuming liquid.
Examples
Let's go to the bar and drink to our hearts' content tonight.
They drank to their hearts' content all night at the party.
Related words
Common phrases
drink freely to one's heart's content
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
