陈绍

陳紹
chénshào
noun

Meanings

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

Examples

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

Tips

culture
Abbreviation of 陈年绍兴 ('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, 'daughter red').

Stroke Order

chén
shào