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jiàocáng
verb #48,592

Meanings

  1. 1 to cellar; to store in an underground pit
  2. 2 (noun) cellar-aged liquor

Examples

Zhè kuǎn báijiǔ jiàocáng le sānshí nián.
This baijiu was cellar-aged for thirty years.
Jiàocáng yǒu zhù yú jiǔ tǐ gèngjiā chúnhòu.
Cellar-aging helps make the liquor body fuller and richer.

Tips

culture
is an earthen pit or cellar. 泸州老窖 (Luzhou Laojiao) — one of the big-three baijiu brands — literally means ‘Luzhou old cellars’ and still uses pits in continuous use since the Ming dynasty.

Stroke Order

jiào
cáng