陈绍

陳紹
chénshào
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 aged Shaoxing wine
  2. 2 vintage Shaoxing rice wine

Examples

HSK 4
Chénshào yuè chén yuè xiāng.
Aged Shaoxing wine becomes more fragrant the older it is.
HSK 7-9
Tā cóng jiǔguì lǐ qǔchū yī píng zhēncáng de chénshào.
He took a bottle of treasured aged Shaoxing wine from the liquor cabinet.

Tips

culture
Abbreviation of 绍兴 ("aged Shaoxing wine"). Shaoxing 绍兴 in Zhejiang has produced rice wine for over 2,000 years; the very best are aged decades and traditionally buried in jars when a daughter is born (女儿红, "daughter red").

Stroke Order

chén
shào