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(loanword) champagne / CL: ,
to make a fermented drink (i.e. to brew beer, make wine etc)
heavy drinking / to get drunk / to drink to excess
HSK 7-9
to play house (Tw)
lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework / (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)
wedding feast / liquor drunk at a wedding feast
HSK 7-9
formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as traditional wedding ceremony
whiskey (loanword)
to be appropriate to have with alcohol / to down one's drink
good wine / fine liquor
to warm up wine / wine served warm, generally referring to Chinese wine such as 黃酒|黄酒 or 白酒
beer (loanword) / CL: , , , ,
HSK 3
sweet liquor
to taste wine / to sip wine
rum (beverage) (loanword)
to get drunk
Japanese rice wine / sake
(calque) cocktail
strong alcoholic drink
to drink (alcohol)
to give up drinking / to abstain from drinking
tobacco and alcohol
Yanjing beer (Beijing beer brand)
draft beer / unpasteurized beer
to urge sb to drink alcohol
to force sb to drink alcohol
Budweiser beer
craft beer
(loanword) rum
red wine
HSK 3
(loanword) liqueur
to mix drinks / cocktail
(loanword) liqueur
baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum / (Tw) white wine (abbr. for 白葡萄酒)
HSK 5
Port wine
to eat meat and drink wine
to buy liquor
glutinous rice wine / fermented glutinous rice
cider
absinthe (distilled anise-based liquor)
to drink along (with sb)
to drink wine
maotai (a strong spirit produced in Guizhou) / CL: ,
old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
low-alcohol beer / non-alcoholic beer (typically, 0.5% ABV or less)
banquet to celebrate the Spring Festival / wine made in spring and kept until winter, or made in winter and kept until spring
old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
prohibition / ban on alcohol / dry law
lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom) / fig. to turn down a request only to be forced later to comply with it under pressure
beer; ale / (archaic) alcoholic drink made from fermented wheat or barley
vermouth (loanword)
to pour wine or liquor
unfiltered rice wine
cooking wine
Fenjiu (sorghum-based Chinese liquor)
a libation
(loanword) punch (drink)
to toast; to propose a toast
HSK 7-9
Benedictine (liquor)
(grape) wine
HSK 5
The Drunken Beauty, Qing Dynasty Beijing opera
(Tw) house (children's game); playing house
a famous wine
colored wine (made from grapes or other fruit, as opposed to a rice wine etc)
(Tw) fruit wine
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
aperitif wine
lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests
fruit wine
(loanword) sherry
digestif
"yellow wine" (mulled rice wine, usually served warm)
tequila
to raise one's wine cup
distilled liquor / spirits
alcohol drunk to drown one's sorrows
flight and hotel (travel package) (abbr. for 機票加酒店|机票加酒店)
sparkling wine
Jiugui Liquor, liquor company from 吉首
sparkling wine
to pour wine
Shaoxing wine a.k.a. "yellow wine", traditional Chinese wine made from glutinous rice and wheat
to drink as the result of having lost a bet
wine, esp. Shaoxing wine
imperial wine / sacred wine
to drink excessively
(loanword) rum
well-aged wine with a mellow, rich taste / (esp.) yellow wine 黃酒|黄酒, made from rice or millet
Tsingtao Beer
alcoholic drink made by fermenting chewed rice
Baileys Irish Cream (brand of alcoholic drink)
drinking party with female entertainers
sake (Japanese rice wine)
hangover
to dissipate the effects of alcohol
digestif
aperitif
root beer
to drink a toast

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