美露

měilù

noun

Meanings

1 Merlot (wine grape variety; loanword)

Characters

beautiful (phonetic)

Examples

这款美露果香浓郁，单宁柔和。

Zhè kuǎn měilù guǒxiāng nóngyù, dānníng róuhé.

This Merlot has rich fruit aromas and soft tannins.

他点了一瓶智利产的美露。

Tā diǎn le yì píng Zhìlì chǎn de měilù.

He ordered a bottle of Chilean Merlot.

Tips

register

Wine-shop / sommelier register. Also written 梅洛 (the more common phonetic transliteration in mainland wine literature). 美露 leans toward Hong Kong/Taiwan and older translations — pretty 'beautiful dew,' hence the appeal.

Stroke Order

美 měi

露 lù