(chōu) - A utensil for straining wine or liquor & a bamboo strainer used in traditional Chinese winemaking

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A utensil for straining wine or liquor;

a bamboo strainer used in traditional Chinese winemaking to filter fermented grains.

A utensil for straining wine or liquora bamboo strainer used in traditional Chinese winemaking

Usage highlights

wine strainerbamboo strainernew filtered wineancient strainerfiltering devicebrewing strainer

Synonyms

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The winemaker used a bamboo strainer (酒篘) to filter the rice wine.
  • This ancient wine strainer (古篘) is displayed in the museum.
  • They produced new filtered wine (新篘) for the festival.

Collocations

  • wine strainer(酒篘)
  • bamboo strainer(竹篘)
  • new filtered wine(新篘)
  • ancient strainer(古篘)
  • filtering device(滤篘)
  • brewing strainer(酿篘)

Idioms

  • Newly strained wine(新篘初熟)
  • Fine wine from the strainer(篘中美酒)
  • Bamboo strainer for brewing(酿酒之篘)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Used in traditional Chinese winemaking processes, particularly for rice wine and other grain alcohols.
  • Represents traditional craftsmanship in Chinese alcohol production dating back centuries.
  • Appears in classical Chinese literature describing brewing and drinking customs.

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