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What 请客 means
请客 (qǐngkè) means to treat someone or pay for their food or drink. Here the narrator keeps that promise with bottled water after finding that tea costs too much. 一瓶 (yì píng) counts a bottle; 一杯 (yì bēi) counts a cup.
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