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烧酒

shāo jiǔ

2-character word Traditional 燒酒

What 烧酒 means

1. name of a famous Tang dynasty wine
2. same as {白酒|bái jiǔ}

The characters in 烧酒

• 烧shāoto burn; to set on fire; to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc); to braise
• 酒jiǔwine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits

Example sentences

• 我爸爸不喝多少烧酒。
  Wǒ bàba bù hē duōshao shāojiǔ.
  My father doesn't drink so much sake.
• 我爸爸不喝太多的烧酒。
  Wǒ bàba bù hē tài duō de shāojiǔ.
  My father doesn't drink too much sake.
• 透过现今的生物科技，蕃薯烧酒已经变得十分容易入口了，因为那种难闻的蕃薯味道大部分已经被去除了。
  Tòuguò xiànjīn de shēngwùkējì, bō shǔ shāojiǔ yǐjīng biànde shífēn róngyì rùkǒu le, yīnwèi nàzhǒng nánwén de bō shǔ wèidao dàbùfen yǐjīng bèi qùchú le.
  It's very easy to drink potato shochu now that the potato-like smell has been reduced to a low level through use of the latest biotechnology.