喫茶去 (kissako) “Please have a cup of tea”

喫 = drink 茶 = tea 去 = leave “Drink tea and leave”? Not exactly. The intention of this 3-character idiom isn’t to tell someone to go away after they’ve drunk some tea, but rather to welcome all guests to have a cup of tea before they leave. This idiom comes from a Chinese ZenContinueContinue reading “喫茶去 (kissako) “Please have a cup of tea””