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酒菜

jiǔ cài

2-character word

What 酒菜 means

1. food and drink
2. food to accompany wine

The characters in 酒菜

• 酒jiǔwine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits
• 菜càivegetable; greens; dish (of food); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor

Words containing 酒菜

• 下酒菜xià jiǔ càidish that goes well with alcoholic drinks; snack eaten with drinks

Sounds the same

Read jiǔ cài, tone for tone, but written differently.

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