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苦艾酒

kǔ'àijiǔ
noun

Measure Word

一瓶苦艾酒 píng

Meanings

  1. 1 absinthe

Characters

苦
kǔ
bitter
艾
ài
mugwort; wormwood
酒
jiǔ
alcohol; liquor

Examples

苦艾酒的酒精度很高。
Kǔ'àijiǔ de jiǔjīngdù hěn gāo.
Absinthe has a very high alcohol content.
梵高据说喝了不少苦艾酒。
Fángāo jùshuō hē le bù shǎo kǔ'àijiǔ.
Van Gogh reportedly drank quite a lot of absinthe.

Tips

culture
Literally 'bitter wormwood liquor' (苦 bitter + 艾 wormwood + 酒 liquor). Anise-based green spirit associated with 19th-century French artists and bohemians.

Stroke Order

苦 kǔ
艾 ài
酒 jiǔ

Related Words

苦 kǔ HSK 4 #2,947
bitter (taste) / hardship; suffering / painstakingly; hard
艾米 àimǐ #4,947
Amy (name) / Emme; Emmy
酒鬼 jiǔguǐ HSK 5 #5,032
drunkard; alcoholic / heavy drinker (informal, mildly derogatory)
鸡尾酒 jīwěijiǔ #4,428
cocktail
酗酒 xùjiǔ HSK 7 #4,098
to drink excessively / to abuse alcohol / to binge drink
艾迪 àidí #5,250
Eddie (name) / Eddy (name)
酒精 jiǔjīng HSK 7 #3,822
alcohol (chemical substance) / ethanol
葡萄酒 pútaojiǔ HSK 5 #5,469
(grape) wine
辛苦 xīnkǔ HSK 5 #2,564
hard; exhausting; toilsome / to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble / (polite) thank you for your hard work
艾 ài #2,543
mugwort / artemisia / moxa
苦艾酒 kǔ'àijiǔ
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