To compromise one's principles and conform to popular trends or prevailing customs; to go with the flow. Literally, to eat dregs and drink thin wine. It can also refer to profound and captivating literary works.
在那个时代，许多文人为了生计不得不餔糟啜醨，写些不合己意的文章。
In that era, many scholars had to compromise their principles and conform to prevailing tastes, writing articles that went against their own convictions for a living.
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