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

HSK 3
Sānshí nián hòu de jīntiān, wǒmen zhōngyú kāitán.
Today, thirty years on, we finally open the jar.
HSK 4
Érzi jiéhūn nàtiān 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