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干杯
Meaning
- to drink a toast
- Cheers! (proposing a toast)
- Here's to you!
Example sentence
请诸位斟满酒，为新郎和新娘干杯！
Please charge your glasses and drink a toast to the bride and groom!
Characters in 干杯
干 here gān, dry, plus 杯 cup — dry the cup, hence a toast. Read gàn the same character means to do.