| 1 | The penalty for errors is drinking. | |
| 2 | All mistakes are penalized by having to drink one glass. | |
| 3 | Everyone agreed his remarks were very inauspicious and fined him a glass of wine. Hung-chien and Miss Sun also became drunk on all the wine they were served. | |
| 4 | Another practice unique to Chinese people in alcohol-drinking is 'forcing drinking' which means that the latecomer is charged with three cups of liquor. | |
| 5 | He used to entertain his friends in the Jingu Garden and whoever failed to produce good poems was made to drink three cups of wine as a forfeit. |