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好酒沉瓮底

hǎo jiǔ chén wèng dǐ

5-character word Traditional 好酒沉甕底

What 好酒沉瓮底 means

1. lit. the best wine is at the bottom of the jug (idiom)
2. fig. the best is saved for last

The characters in 好酒沉瓮底

• 好hǎogood; appropriate; proper; all right!
• 酒jiǔwine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits
• 沉chénto submerge; to immerse; to sink
• 瓮wèngpottery container for water, wine etc
• 底dǐbottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a…

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