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甜酒
  • [tiánjiǔ]

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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

甜酒 [tiánjiǔ]
  1. 1. noun The sticky rice wine.
    今天你要尝尝我亲手酿制的甜酒。
    Do have a taste of the fermented glutinous rice wine that I made myself.
  2. 2. noun The wine which is rich in sugar (as opposed to "干酒").
    你患有糖尿病, 以后不能再喝甜酒了。
    You have diabetes, so you shouldn't have wine that contains too much sugar anymore.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

甜酒 [tiánjiǔ]
  1. 1. 名 江米酒。
  2. 2. 名 含糖量较高的酒(跟"干酒"相区别)。
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Examples

相对甜酒我还是喜欢喝干酒。
I prefer dry wine to rum. → 干酒
今天你要尝尝我亲手酿制的甜酒。
Do have a taste of the fermented glutinous rice wine that I made myself. → 甜酒
你患有糖尿病, 以后不能再喝甜酒了。
You have diabetes, so you shouldn't have wine that contains too much sugar anymore. → 甜酒
This is a sweet wine.
这是甜酒。 → sweet

Word Decomposition

甜
[tián] 		+ 酒
[jiǔ]

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