啤酒
pí jiǔ
Pinyin
Definition
啤酒
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- beer (loanword)
- CL:杯[bēi],瓶[píng],罐[guàn],桶[tǒng],缸[gāng]
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to be appropriate to have with alcohol
- 2 to down one's drink
- 1 wine shop
- 2 pub (public house)
- 3 hotel
- 4 restaurant
- 5 (Tw) hostess club
Idioms (20)
今朝有酒今朝醉
- 1 to live in the moment (idiom)
- 2 to live every day as if it were one's last
- 3 to enjoy while one can
嗜酒如命
- 1 to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle
好酒沉瓮底
- 1 lit. the best wine is at the bottom of the jug (idiom)
- 2 fig. the best is saved for last
好酒贪杯
- 1 fond of the bottle (idiom)
对酒当歌
- 1 lit. sing to accompany wine (idiom); fig. life is short, make merry while you can
Sample Sentences
生啤酒
Draft beer
一打啤酒对俄罗斯人来说只是小意思,这是大家都知道的常识。但是你知道吗?俄罗斯人喝啤酒,有一个潜规则,他们如果找你喝酒,绝对不能拒绝。
A dozen of beers is a piece of cake for Russian, which is common sense that everyone knows. But you know that? Russians have a hidden rule when it comes to drinking beers, that is, if they invite you for a drink, you can’t say no.
好、好,白话文。简单来说就是,精酿啤酒是酒厂以小规模而传统的方式,不使用添加物,经过长时间的酿造过程酿制而成的。
OK, OK, layman’s terms. Simply speaking, craft beer is brewed in a long brewing process by distilleries using small-scale traditional methods, without using additives.
这只是精酿啤酒跟商业啤酒最明显的表面差异,事实上,精酿啤酒真正的三大特色是,小、自主和传统。
That’s just the most obvious surface difference between craft beer and commercial beer. In fact, the three major characteristics of craft beer are that it’s small, independent and traditional.
你的意思是精酿啤酒跟一般啤酒的差别,只在于有没有添加不同的味道而已吗?
You’re saying that the main difference between craft beer and normal beer is only if there are other flavours added?
听好了,啤酒最基本的四个元素是麦芽、酵母、啤酒花、水,而精酿啤酒通常还会加入水果、咖啡、巧克力等各式各样的风味。
Listen carefully, the basic four components of beer are malt, yeast, hops and water, and with craft beer they normally also add all kinds of different flavours, such as fruit, coffee and chocolate.
算你了解我,点的这个还真对了我的胃。好啦啤酒教授,麻烦你从头到尾,一五一十地指导我这关于精酿啤酒的学问。
You really do understand me, this one you ordered is really up my alley. OK! Professor Beer, please give me a complete rundown of your scholarship on craft beer.
你今天遇到我算你好运,本人正好是精酿啤酒专家,让我来好好给你上一课,不过你得先说说,好不好喝?
You’ve really had a stroke of luck today meeting me, I just happen to be a craft beer connoisseur. Let me give you a proper lesson on it, but you should first tell me, do you think it’s nice?
精酿啤酒是啥?恕我一井底之蛙,还真是第一次听到呢。
What is craft beer? Forgive my ignorance of the wider world, it’s really the first time I’ve heard of it.
我帮你点的是百香果口味的精酿啤酒,当然就有百香果的味道啰怎么样?很特别吧?
I ordered you a passion fruit flavour craft beer, so of course it has a passion fruit taste. What’s it like? Really cool, no?