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  *酒* | 酒* | *酒
wine (esp. rice wine) / liquor / spirits / alcoholic beverage / CL: , , , ,
HSK 2
beer (loanword) / CL: , , , ,
HSK 3
red wine
HSK 3
baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum / (Tw) white wine (abbr. for 白葡萄酒)
HSK 5
(grape) wine
HSK 5
to toast; to propose a toast
HSK 7-9
heavy drinking / to get drunk / to drink to excess
HSK 7-9
wedding feast / liquor drunk at a wedding feast
HSK 7-9
maotai (a strong spirit produced in Guizhou) / CL: ,
tobacco and alcohol
to make a fermented drink (i.e. to brew beer, make wine etc)
strong alcoholic drink
rum (beverage) (loanword)
craft beer
to drink as the result of having lost a bet
beer; ale / (archaic) alcoholic drink made from fermented wheat or barley
"yellow wine" (mulled rice wine, usually served warm)
fruit wine
(my inferior) wine (humble term used by a host)
cooking wine
to drink (alcohol)
sake (Japanese rice wine)
to give up drinking / to abstain from drinking
a famous wine
to get drunk
to drink wine
to dissipate the effects of alcohol / to sober up
sweet liquor
Fenjiu (sorghum-based Chinese liquor)
to drink a toast
(loanword) rum
Shaoxing wine a.k.a. "yellow wine", traditional Chinese wine made from glutinous rice and wheat
to drink along (with sb)
alcohol drunk to drown one's sorrows
name of a famous Tang dynasty wine / same as 白酒
to dissipate the effects of alcohol
drinking party with female entertainers
banquet to celebrate a baby reaching one month of age
to raise one's wine cup
banquet to celebrate the Spring Festival / wine made in spring and kept until winter, or made in winter and kept until spring
prohibition / ban on alcohol / dry law
to taste wine / to sip wine
to be appropriate to have with alcohol / to down one's drink
to offer a libation / person who performs the libation before a banquet / senior member of a profession / important government post in imperial China
sparkling wine
Tsingtao Beer
formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as traditional wedding ceremony
to buy liquor
wine, esp. Shaoxing wine
well-aged wine with a mellow, rich taste / (esp.) yellow wine 黃酒|黄酒, made from rice or millet
sparkling wine
to drink excessively
(of food or a pleasant activity) to accompany drinks; to enhance the experience of consuming alcohol
good wine / fine liquor
eggnog
wine-lover's heart is not in the cup (idiom); a drinker not really interested in alcohol / having an ulterior motive / to have other things in mind / with an ax to grind / accomplishing something besides what one set out to do
imperial wine / sacred wine
(loanword) champagne / CL: ,
Baileys Irish Cream (brand of alcoholic drink)
Budweiser beer
absinthe (distilled anise-based liquor)
(calque) cocktail
gin
Yanjing beer (Beijing beer brand)
The Drunken Beauty, Qing Dynasty Beijing opera
gin (Taiwan variant of 金酒)
to pour wine
Jiugui Liquor, liquor company from 吉首
draft beer / unpasteurized beer
gin
(loanword) liqueur
realgar wine (traditionally drunk during the Dragon Boat Festival 端午節|端午节)
to play house (Tw)
mulled wine
cider
a libation
to warm up wine / wine served warm, generally referring to Chinese wine such as 黃酒|黄酒 or 白酒
(Tw) house (children's game); playing house
hangover
old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
distilled liquor / spirits
kumis / horse milk wine
alcoholic drink made by fermenting chewed rice
(loanword) punch (drink)
Benedictine (liquor)
lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests
vermouth (loanword) / Italian spiced fortified wine
glutinous rice wine / fermented glutinous rice
low-alcohol beer / non-alcoholic beer (typically, 0.5% ABV or less)
digestif
whiskey (loanword)
old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
to force sb to drink alcohol
pasteurized beer
to eat meat and drink wine
aperitif wine
(loanword) sherry
tequila
(loanword) liqueur

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