Definitions for "Ganbei"
"Cheers!"; "Bottoms Up"; a Chinese toast which requires all present to empty their glasses in one gulp. It literally means "Dry Glass", as in "make your glass dry". As opposed to " ban bei" which requires drinking only half the glass. After a few of these toasts with pijiu, everyone will begin a Confucian debate as to whether the glass is half empty or half full. If the glasses were full of bai jiu, the question becomes whether the glass ever existed at all. A few ganbei's later, the answer is clear: Huh