花雕酒

huādiāojiǔ
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 Huadiao wine
  2. 2 aged Shaoxing yellow rice wine

Examples

Zuìxiè yào yòng huādiāojiǔ lái yān.
Drunken crab should be marinated in Huadiao wine.
Zhè tán huādiāojiǔ yǐjīng cáng le shí nián.
This jar of Huadiao has been aged for ten years.

Tips

culture
A premium grade of Shaoxing yellow wine (绍兴). The name comes from the traditional Shaoxing custom of burying a sealed jar of wine when a daughter is born and carving flowers () into its clay surface; the jar was opened at her wedding banquet years later. Hence 'flower-carved wine.'

Stroke Order

huā
diāo
jiǔ