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wine (esp. rice wine) liquor spirits alcoholic beverage CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]
to give up drinking to abstain from drinking
(my inferior) wine (humble term used by a host)
baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum (Tw) white wine (abbr. for 白葡萄酒[bai2 pu2 tao5 jiu3])
drinking party with female entertainers
Trad. 麥酒
beer; ale (archaic) alcoholic drink made from fermented wheat or barley
Trad. 悶酒
alcohol drunk to drown one's sorrows
(of food or a pleasant activity) to accompany drinks; to enhance the experience of consuming alcohol
capacity for alcohol ability to hold drink
bar (place to buy drinks) CL:家[jia1]
smell of alcohol flavoring of rum or other liquor in food aroma or nose (of wine)
Trad. 酒單
wine list (in a restaurant etc)
restaurant bartender (old) wineshop tavern
social occasion centered on alcohol; drinking party; drinking session
wine shop pub (public house) hotel restaurant (Tw) hostess club
Trad. 溫酒
to warm up wine wine served warm, generally referring to Chinese wine such as 黃酒|黄酒[huang2 jiu3] or 白酒[bai2 jiu3]
Trad. 酒後
after drinking under the influence of alcohol
good manners in drinking drinking as personality test
person hired to lure customers to high-priced bars
Trad. 酒會
drinking party wine reception
Trad. 酒殽
wine and meat food and drink
to offer a libation person who performs the libation before a banquet senior member of a profession important government post in imperial China
Trad. 酒渦
variant of 酒窩|酒窝[jiu3 wo1]
Trad. 酒測
to take a breathalyzer test
banquet to celebrate the Spring Festival wine made in spring and kept until winter, or made in winter and kept until spring
Bacchus (the Greek god of wine), aka Dionysus
Trad. 酒窩
dimple (on the cheek when smiling)
to dissipate the effects of alcohol to sober up
Trad. 酒籌
drinking game chips (typically in the form of strips of bamboo inscribed with lines of poetry)
(coll.) ethanol; ethyl alcohol
to toast; to propose a toast
distiller's grain wine lees
to force sb to drink alcohol
wine jar (dialect) drinking house
wine shop liquor store bottle shop bar pub
Trad. 酒興
interest in wine passion for drinking
Trad. 勸酒
to urge sb to drink alcohol
wine and women color of wine drunken expression
food and drink food to accompany wine
Trad. 酒藥
brewer's yeast yeast for fermenting rice wine
colored wine (made from grapes or other fruit, as opposed to a rice wine etc)
sake (Japanese rice wine)
alcoholic drink made by fermenting chewed rice
Trad. 酒釀
sweet fermented rice glutinous rice wine
capacity for liquor how much one can drink
Trad. 酒駕
driving while intoxicated; DWI to drink and drive
Trad. 酒齡
age of wine (i.e. how long it has been matured)
beer (loanword) CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]
Trad. 黃酒
"yellow wine" (mulled rice wine, usually served warm)
prohibition ban on alcohol dry law
heavy drinking to get drunk to drink to excess
wedding feast liquor drunk at a wedding feast
to dissipate the effects of alcohol
Trad. 陳酒
well-aged wine with a mellow, rich taste (esp.) yellow wine 黃酒|黄酒[huang2 jiu3], made from rice or millet
Trad. 燒酒
name of a famous Tang dynasty wine same as 白酒[bai2 jiu3]
Trad. 罰酒
to drink as the result of having lost a bet
wine flavored with Chinese mugwort
Fenjiu (sorghum-based Chinese liquor)
to be appropriate to have with alcohol to down one's drink
Trad. 釀酒
to make a fermented drink (i.e. to brew beer, make wine etc)
gin (Taiwan variant of 金酒[jin1 jiu3])
formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as traditional wedding ceremony
Trad. 雄黃酒
realgar wine (traditionally drunk during the Dragon Boat Festival 端午節|端午节[Duan1 wu3 jie2])
(Tw) house (children's game); playing house
absinthe (distilled anise-based liquor)
Trad. 機加酒
flight and hotel (travel package) (abbr. for 機票加酒店|机票加酒店[ji1 piao4 jia1 jiu3 dian4])
Trad. 酒令兒
erhua variant of 酒令[jiu3 ling4]
glutinous rice wine fermented glutinous rice
Trad. 酒店業
the catering industry the hotel and restaurant business
Trad. 撒酒瘋
to get drunk and act crazy roaring drunk
woman hired to lure men to high-priced bars
Jiuquan, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 su4 Sheng3]
Trad. 紹興酒
Shaoxing wine a.k.a. "yellow wine", traditional Chinese wine made from glutinous rice and wheat
rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose) brandy nose
Trad. 祝酒詞
short speech given in proposing a toast
Trad. 祝酒辭
short speech given in proposing a toast
Trad. 鮮啤酒
draft beer unpasteurized beer
rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose); brandy nose
(dialect) drunkard; alcoholic
alcoholic drink made by fermenting chewed rice
Trad. 酒館兒
erhua form of 酒館|酒馆[jiu3 guan3]
Jiugui Liquor, liquor company from 吉首[Ji2 shou3]
prohibition ban on alcohol
draft beer unpasteurized beer
izakaya (a kind of traditional Japanese pub)
Trad. 蘭姆酒
rum (beverage) (loanword)
Trad. 香檳酒
(loanword) champagne CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1]
Trad. 滿月酒
banquet to celebrate a baby reaching one month of age
dish that goes well with alcoholic drinks; snack eaten with drinks
Trad. 茅臺酒
maotai (a strong spirit produced in Guizhou) CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2]
Trad. 釀酒業
brewing industry wine industry
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