"干杯！生日快乐！"
Translation:Cheers! Happy Birthday!
January 8, 2018
5 Comments
干杯 (cheers) is literally "dry cup" and of course referring to a drink (toast) not "cheers" as a casual greeting.
January 24, 2018
Keith_APP
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Actually they really are the same, in the original Traditional Chinese characters and in their meaning. 乾杯!
January 10, 2018
干杯 literally means "to empty the cup", so the correct translation should be "bottom up" or something that conveys the idea of having the cup empty. "Cheers" is too superficial a translation.
December 20, 2018
Yes. I think it stems from traditional Chinese drinking culture using smaller cups/glasses and not with pint glasses.
February 10, 2019
