Gǔrén kànzhòng jù, yòng tā niàng jìsì yòng de jiǔ.
The ancients prized black millet and used it to brew sacrificial wine.
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history
Not used in modern Chinese. It survives in classical texts, often paired as 秬鬯 — black millet and the fragrant ritual wine made from it, mentioned in the Book of Documents; built on the grain radical 禾.
register
Classical only — found in ritual and historical texts, not in modern speech.
