啤酒花
pí jiǔ huā
Pinyin
Definition
啤酒花
-
- hops
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to be appropriate to have with alcohol
- 2 to down one's drink
- 1 luck with the ladies
- 2 a romance
- 3 good luck
- 1 fireworks
- 2 prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
- 1 surname Hua
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
借花献佛
- 1 lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property
- 2 plagiarism
名花有主
- 1 the girl is already taken (idiom)
嗜酒如命
- 1 to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle
天花乱坠
- 1 lit. a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom)
- 2 fig. extravagant embellishments
- 3 hype
Sample Sentences
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.
关键在原料的选择跟酿造的手法。真正讲究的酒厂会使用精选的啤酒花和小麦,喝起来会有一股独一无二的香味,出色的精酿啤酒就是因为这股香味脱颖而出的。
The key is in choosing the right raw ingredients and in the brewing method. The really serious distilleries use carefully selected hops and wheat, and it will have a uniquely fragrant flavour on drinking it, the best craft beers stand out for this sweet flavour.