下酒

xiàjiǔ
verb #38,327

Meanings

  1. 1 (of food) to go well with drinks
  2. 2 to eat something with one's drink

Examples

HSK 4
Zhège liángcài hěn xiàjiǔ.
This cold dish goes really well with drinks.
HSK 7-9
Tā ná yì dié huāshēngmǐ xiàjiǔ, yí ge rén hē dào bànyè.
With a plate of peanuts to go with it, he drank alone until midnight.

Tips

usage
It works like 下饭 'to go with rice': 很下酒 'great with drinks', and food for drinking is 下酒菜. In a recipe, 下 + 酒 can also simply mean 'add the cooking wine', two separate words.

Stroke Order

下 xià
酒 jiǔ