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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

酒力 [jiǔlì]
  1. 1. capacity for liquor
    他不胜酒力，喝一点儿就醉。
    He can't hold much liquor, and will get drunk after drinking a bit.
    我酒力不佳，不想再喝了。
  2. 2. stimulating effect of wine; influence of alcohol
    几杯酒下肚，不一会儿酒力发作，浑身焦热。
    After drinking several cups of wine, he began to feel its effect and became uncomfortably hot all over.
    这酒酒力很强，他喝了几杯就醉了。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

酒力 [jiǔlì]
  1. 1. 名 酒对人体的刺激力
    酒力猛烈。
See more results for 酒力 in the English-Chinese Dictionary

Examples

他不胜酒力，喝一点儿就醉。
He can't hold much liquor, and will get drunk after drinking a bit. → 酒力
几杯酒下肚，不一会儿酒力发作，浑身焦热。
After drinking several cups of wine, he began to feel its effect and became uncomfortably hot all over. → 酒力
不胜酒力的她已经两颊微红了。 → 不胜
他不胜酒力，头有点晕糊糊的。 → 胜
我酒力不佳，不想再喝了。 → 酒力
他不胜酒力，终于醉倒了。
He had no tolerance for alcohol, and in the end fell down dead drunk. → 不胜
酒力猛烈。 → 酒力

Word Decomposition

酒
[jiǔ] 		+ 力
[lì]

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