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酒
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Definitions
- 1. wine (esp. rice wine)
- 2. liquor
- 3. spirits
- 4. alcoholic beverage
Example Sentences
1 shown賣紅 酒 嗎？
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Words Containing 酒
driving under the influence
a few drinks and a nice conversation (idiom)
aperitif
wine shop sign
follower of wine and women
sherry (loanword)
wine pot
mulled wine
craft beer
baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum
Crowne Plaza (hotel chain)
rum (loanword)
champagne (loanword)
whiskey (loanword)
drinking party
restaurant
aperitif wine
to have eaten and drunk to one's heart's content
colored wine (made from grapes or other fruit, as opposed to a rice wine etc)
drunken fighting
(bird species of China) vinaceous rosefinch (Carpodacus vinaceus)
brewer's yeast
a famous wine
dilute wine
tavern
glutinous rice wine
lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests
wine and meat
to offer a libation
beverage; drink
Budweiser beer
wedding feast
kumis
rum (loanword)
to prepare a feast
digestif
to take a breathalyzer test
after drinking
strong alcoholic drink
person hired to lure customers to high-priced bars
digestif
to become drunk
capacity for alcohol
to pour wine or liquor
woman hired to lure men to high-priced bars
name of a famous Tang dynasty wine
fragrant wine fears no dark alley (idiom)
wine shop
wine, sex, avarice and temper (idiom); four cardinal vices
drunkard
izakaya (a kind of traditional Japanese pub)
bar
Benedictine (liquor)
Jägermeister (alcoholic drink)
tip
Beer Festival
root beer
wine factory
a libation
to taste wine
sweet liquor
to drink as the result of having lost a bet
food and drink
alcoholic drink made by fermenting chewed rice
smell of alcohol
gin
(grape) wine
see 朗姆酒[lǎng mǔ jiǔ]
Yanjing beer (Beijing beer brand)
Bacchus (the Greek god of wine), aka Dionysus
wine-drinking game
lit. to trade a fur coat for wine (idiom)
food and drink
feast
cocktail (loanword)
drinking party
mead
sake (Japanese rice wine)
drinking culture
(bird species of China) Taiwan rosefinch (Carpodacus formosanus)
the catering industry
lanterns red, wine green (idiom); feasting and pleasure-seeking
to drink excessively
fruit wine
Baileys Irish Cream (brand of alcoholic drink)
brewing industry
short speech given in proposing a toast
alcoholic drink made by fermenting chewed rice
tavern
liquor (loanword)
a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom)
feast
to have a drink
wine sack, food bag (idiom); useless person, only fit for guzzling and boozing
prohibition
drunkard
restaurant
to raise one's wine cup
tequila
alcohol drunk to drown one's sorrows
a dish that goes well with alcoholic drinks
to eat meat and drink wine
alcoholic (beverage)
The Drunken Beauty, Qing Dynasty Beijing opera
to drink and chat merrily (idiom)
alcohol-based hand sanitizer
to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups
maotai (a Chinese liquor)
dimple
eggnog
to drink along (with sb)
wine jar
drunk driving (very high blood alcohol concentration)
to get drunk
banquet to celebrate the Spring Festival
driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI)
to toast
lit. the best wine is at the bottom of the jug (idiom)
to make a fermented drink (i.e. to brew beer, make wine etc)
wine list (in a restaurant etc)
alcohol
wine
winery
to sober up
spirit lamp
good wine
hops
rum (beverage) (loanword)
tobacco and alcohol
to be appropriate to have with alcohol
wine, esp. Shaoxing wine
to drink a toast
Tsingtao Beer
pulling a lamb and bringing wine on a carrying pole (idiom); fig. to offer elaborate congratulations
age of wine (i.e. how long it has been matured)
drinking party with female entertainers
good manners in drinking
lit. drinking buddy (idiom)
formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as traditional wedding ceremony
cider
wine cellar
heavy drinking
drinking game chips (typically in the form of strips of bamboo inscribed with lines of poetry)
absinthe (distilled anise-based liquor)
never to touch a drop of alcohol
to drown one's sorrows (in alcohol)
Jiuquan prefecture-level city in Gansu
imperial wine
food and drink
draft beer
liquor (loanword)
corkage fee
drink and drive (moderately high blood alcohol concentration)
short speech given in proposing a toast
drink (on a menu)
hops
brewery
to warm up wine
Jiugui Liquor, liquor company from 吉首[jí shǒu]
a wine cup dissolves complaints (idiom); a few drinks can ease social interaction
Japanese rice wine
after wine, spit out the truth
bar
\yellow wine\ (mulled rice wine, usually served warm)
realgar wine (traditionally drunk during the Dragon Boat Festival 端午節|端午节[duān wǔ jié])
wine shop
to wallow in alcohol and sex (idiom); overindulgence in wine and women
to dissipate the effects of alcohol
interest in wine
lit. sing to accompany wine (idiom); fig. life is short, make merry while you can
beer belly
Jiuquan prefecture-level city in Gansu
words spoken under the influence of alcohol (idiom)
low-alcohol beer
Port wine
sparkling wine
pasteurized beer
to live in the moment (idiom)
cooking wine
to play a drinking game
tartaric acid
prohibition
tipsy feeling
fond of the bottle (idiom)
draft beer
to urge sb to drink alcohol
to drink (alcohol)
to get wildly drunk
not a slave to the bottle
tipsy and merry (idiom)
wine cup
brewer's yeast
wine flavored with Chinese mugwort
to give up drinking
tip
to spend one's time in drinking and pleasure (idiom); to indulge in sensual pleasures
rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose); brandy nose
liquor cabinet
rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose)
wine doesn't make men drunk: men get themselves intoxicated. Lust does not overpower men: men surrender themselves to lust
red wine
lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom)
Jiuquan prefecture in Gansu
see 茶餘飯後|茶余饭后[chá yú fàn hòu]
to drink together (in company)
driving while intoxicated; DWI
capacity for liquor
Shaoxing wine a.k.a. \yellow wine\, traditional Chinese wine made from glutinous rice and wheat
gin
beer (loanword)
to drink wine
acne
Fenjiu (sorghum-based Chinese liquor)
drinking vessel
to dissipate the effects of alcohol
liquor
lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests
Hotel Indigo (brand)
fermented rice
to mix drinks
dessert wine
evening cocktail reception
barman
wine-lover's heart is not in the cup (idiom); a drinker not really interested in alcohol
winepress
pub
abstaining from liquor and tobacco
vermouth (loanword)
feast
to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle
dates in liquor
(cocktail) shaker
sweet fermented rice
hangover
unfiltered rice wine
distiller's grain
(loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)
to pour wine
wine vessel
distilled liquor
alcoholism
bartender
to drink until one is half drunk
wine and women
vermouth (loanword)
wine cup
lakes of wine and forests of meat (idiom); debauchery
a scholarly and inquisitive individual (idiom)
beer; ale
to force sb to drink alcohol
to get drunk and act crazy