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beer (loanword) / CL: , , , ,
HSK 3
heavy drinking / to get drunk / to drink to excess
HSK 7-9
baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum / (Tw) white wine (abbr. for 白葡萄酒)
HSK 5
red wine
HSK 3
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  *酒* | 酒* | *酒
wine (esp. rice wine) / liquor / spirits / alcoholic beverage / CL: , , , ,
HSK 2
wedding feast / liquor drunk at a wedding feast
HSK 7-9
(grape) wine
HSK 5
to mix drinks / cocktail
to play house (Tw)
formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as traditional wedding ceremony
whiskey (loanword)
digestif
to be appropriate to have with alcohol / to down one's drink
good wine / fine liquor
to toast; to propose a toast
HSK 7-9
sweet liquor
to taste wine / to sip wine
lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework / (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)
to get drunk
Japanese rice wine / sake
strong alcoholic drink
to drink (alcohol)
to give up drinking / to abstain from drinking
old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
Yanjing beer (Beijing beer brand)
draft beer / unpasteurized beer
to force sb to drink alcohol
Budweiser beer
(loanword) rum
Tsingtao Beer
(loanword) liqueur
tequila
Port wine
to buy liquor
tobacco and alcohol
glutinous rice wine / fermented glutinous rice
absinthe (distilled anise-based liquor)
to drink along (with sb)
sparkling wine
craft beer
maotai (a strong spirit produced in Guizhou) / CL: ,
to make a fermented drink (i.e. to brew beer, make wine etc)
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
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
to urge sb to drink alcohol
vermouth (loanword)
to pour wine or liquor
(loanword) rum
cooking wine
Fenjiu (sorghum-based Chinese liquor)
a libation
(loanword) punch (drink)
well-aged wine with a mellow, rich taste / (esp.) yellow wine 黃酒|黄酒, made from rice or millet
to eat meat and drink wine
banquet to celebrate a baby reaching one month of age
Benedictine (liquor)
to drink wine
(Tw) house (children's game); playing house
a famous wine
to warm up wine / wine served warm, generally referring to Chinese wine such as 黃酒|黄酒 or 白酒
(calque) cocktail
colored wine (made from grapes or other fruit, as opposed to a rice wine etc)
(Tw) fruit wine
rum (beverage) (loanword)
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
beer; ale / (archaic) alcoholic drink made from fermented wheat or barley
fruit wine
to drink excessively
(loanword) sherry
to raise one's wine cup
distilled liquor / spirits
cider
old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
flight and hotel (travel package) (abbr. for 機票加酒店|机票加酒店)
Jiugui Liquor, liquor company from 吉首
name of a famous Tang dynasty wine / same as 白酒
root beer
sparkling wine
to pour wine
wine, esp. Shaoxing wine
imperial wine / sacred wine
alcoholic drink made by fermenting chewed rice
Baileys Irish Cream (brand of alcoholic drink)
drinking party with female entertainers
sake (Japanese rice wine)
hangover
mulled wine
to dissipate the effects of alcohol
aperitif wine
lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests
digestif
unfiltered rice wine
aperitif
(loanword) champagne / CL: ,
to drink a toast
low-alcohol beer / non-alcoholic beer (typically, 0.5% ABV or less)
(my inferior) wine (humble term used by a host)
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