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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
(grape) wine
HSK 5
baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum / (Tw) white wine (abbr. for 白葡萄酒)
HSK 5
heavy drinking / to get drunk / to drink to excess
HSK 7-9
to toast; to propose a toast
HSK 7-9
wedding feast / liquor drunk at a wedding feast
HSK 7-9
rum (beverage) (loanword)
to drink wine
to drink along (with sb)
sake (Japanese rice wine)
good wine / fine liquor
to taste wine / to sip wine
to make a fermented drink (i.e. to brew beer, make wine etc)
cocktail (loanword)
to mix drinks / cocktail
name of a famous Tang dynasty wine / same as 白酒
glutinous rice wine / fermented glutinous rice
to get drunk
a libation
strong alcoholic drink
tobacco and alcohol
"yellow wine" (mulled rice wine, usually served warm)
to force sb to drink alcohol
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
Shaoxing wine a.k.a. "yellow wine", traditional Chinese wine made from glutinous rice and wheat
to play house (Tw)
sweet liquor
gin
to urge sb to drink alcohol
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
alcohol drunk to drown one's sorrows
to drink as the result of having lost a bet
gin
(Tw) fruit wine
to warm up wine / wine served warm, generally referring to Chinese wine such as 黃酒|黄酒 or 白酒
distilled liquor / spirits
realgar wine (traditionally drunk during the Dragon Boat Festival 端午節|端午节)
champagne (loanword) / CL: ,
draft beer / unpasteurized beer
wine flavored with Chinese mugwort
Port wine
old wine
to drink excessively
aperitif wine
hangover
to pour wine
banquet to celebrate the Spring Festival / wine made in spring and kept until winter, or made in winter and kept until spring
The Drunken Beauty, Qing Dynasty Beijing opera
old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
to raise one's wine cup
lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework / (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)
unfiltered rice wine
beer; ale / (archaic) alcoholic drink made from fermented wheat or barley
to dissipate the effects of alcohol
to dissipate the effects of alcohol / to sober up
prohibition / ban on alcohol / dry law
cooking wine
old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
sparkling wine
(of food or a pleasant activity) to accompany drinks; to enhance the experience of consuming alcohol
a famous wine
wine, esp. Shaoxing wine
to offer a libation / person who performs the libation before a banquet / senior member of a profession / important government post in imperial China
Fenjiu (sorghum-based Chinese liquor)
to give up drinking / to abstain from drinking
to drink a toast
to buy liquor
to be appropriate to have with alcohol / to down one's drink
to pour wine or liquor
drinking party with female entertainers
pulling a lamb and bringing wine on a carrying pole (idiom); fig. to offer elaborate congratulations / to kill the fatted calf
formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as traditional wedding ceremony
alcoholic drink made by fermenting chewed rice
Baileys Irish Cream (brand of alcoholic drink)
eggnog
imperial wine / sacred wine
to drink (alcohol)
absinthe (distilled anise-based liquor)
(Tw) house (children's game); playing house
flight and hotel (travel package) (abbr. for 機票加酒店|机票加酒店)
fruit wine
colored wine (made from grapes or other fruit, as opposed to a rice wine etc)
mead
Budweiser beer
Tsingtao Beer
(my inferior) wine (humble term used by a host)
aperitif
(loanword) liqueur
digestif
kumis / horse milk wine
alcoholic drink made by fermenting chewed rice
vermouth (loanword) / Italian spiced fortified wine
whiskey (loanword)
mulled wine
Yanjing beer (Beijing beer brand)
maotai (a strong spirit produced in Guizhou) / CL: ,
sherry (loanword)

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