开坛

開壇
kāitán
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to open the sealed jar (of aged liquor)
  2. 2 to unseal a baijiu jar

Examples

Sānshí nián hòu de jīntiān, wǒmen zhōngyú kāitán.
Today, thirty years on, we finally open the jar.
Érzi jiéhūn nà tiān kāitán, shì wǒmen jiā de chuántǒng.
Opening the jar on my son's wedding day is our family tradition.

Tips

culture
The payoff to 封坛: decades later the jar is unsealed at a life milestone (wedding, anniversary, business opening). Distilleries stage 开坛仪式 as a ritual complete with incense and traditional music.

Stroke Order

kāi
tán