酏 (yǐ) - A thin congee or rice gruel & a medicinal or sweetened thin drink

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A thin congee or rice gruel;

a medicinal or sweetened thin drink;

in modern usage, refers to medicinal syrups or elixirs.

A thin congee or rice gruela medicinal or sweetened thin drinkin modern usage, refers to medicinal syrups or

Usage highlights

Medicinal syrupThin congeeHerbal elixirSweet syrupThin drink

Synonyms

  • 粥— congee (general term)
  • 剂— preparation, agent (in pharmaceutical context)

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The patient was given a medicinal syrup (酏剂).
  • Ancient recipes mention thin rice gruel (酏粥).
  • This is an herbal elixir (药酏).

Collocations

  • Medicinal syrup(酏剂)
  • Thin congee(酏粥)
  • Herbal elixir(药酏)
  • Sweet syrup(甘酏)
  • Thin drink(酏饮)

Cultural background

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  • Historically used in ancient Chinese medicine and culinary texts to describe thin, drinkable preparations.
  • Appears in classical texts like 'Rites of Zhou' (《周礼》) describing ceremonial foods and drinks.

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