Word Meaning 牛飲馬食

ぎゅういんばしょく gyuuimbashoku

牛飲馬食 is read as ぎゅういんばしょく (gyuuimbashoku) and means heavy eating and drinking.

Meaning

English

  1. heavy eating and drinking
  2. gorging and swilling
  3. drinking like a cow and eating like a horse

Reading

Kana

ぎゅういんばしょく

Romaji

gyuuimbashoku

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Yojijukugo Rank 130003 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

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鯨飲馬食

げいいんばしょく

drinking like a fish and eating like a horse

牛馬

ぎゅうば

horses and cattle

牛は牛連れ馬は馬連れ

うしはうしづれうまはうまづれ

birds of a feather flock together

牛頭馬頭

ごずめず

horse-headed and ox-headed demons in the Buddhist hell

馬食

ばしょく

heavy eating

絶飲食

ぜついんしょく

fasting

牛を馬に乗り換える

うしをうまにのりかえる

to go from (using, etc.) something bad to something good

飲食

おんじき

food and drink

無銭飲食

むせんいんしょく

dine and dash

軽飲食

けいいんしょく

snack

暴飲暴食

ぼういんぼうしょく

drinking and eating too much

重飲食

じゅういんしょく

full-scale eating and drinking (cf. lighter fare usu. served in cafes)