月下独酌

月下獨酌
Yuè xià dúzhuó
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Drinking Alone by Moonlight, Li Bai's set of four poems

Examples

HSK 4
《 Yuè xià dúzhuó 》 yígòng yǒu sì shǒu.
"Drinking Alone by Moonlight" has four poems in all.
HSK 6
Lǐ Bái zài 《 Yuè xià dúzhuó 》 lǐ yí ge rén hējiǔ, què bǎ yuèliang hé yǐngzi dàngchéng le péngyou.
In "Drinking Alone by Moonlight" Li Bai drinks by himself, yet treats the moon and his shadow as friends.

Tips

culture
The first poem is the famous one: 花间一壶酒,独酌无相亲。举杯邀明月,对影成三人。 'A jug of wine among the flowers; I drink alone, with no one near. I raise my cup to invite the bright moon, and with my shadow we make three.'
register
独酌 'to drink alone' is literary. In everyday speech you would say 一个人喝酒.

Stroke Order

月 yuè
下 xià
独 dú
酌 zhuó