Gǔshíhou, lùbiān de jiǔjiā ménkǒu cháng guà zhe yí miàn jiǔqí.
In olden days wayside taverns often hung a wine flag by the door.
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Today 酒家 is mostly a word in restaurant names, especially Cantonese ones such as 广州酒家. The old sense, "tavern", is the one in the line 借问酒家何处有 ("may I ask where there is a tavern?") from the Qingming poem traditionally credited to Du Mu.
