餟 (zhuì) - To make continuous offerings of food and wine & to pour libations in a ritual context.

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zhuì ｜ 16 strokes ｜ radical:

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餟 · zhuì

To make continuous offerings of food and wine in ancient sacrificial ceremonies;

to pour libations in a ritual context.

To make continuous offerings of food and wineto pour libations in a ritual context.

Usage highlights

ritual pouringcontinuous offeringsritual libationsacrificial pouringceremonial offeringancestral libation

Synonyms

  • 祭— to sacrifice; to worship
  • 祀— to offer sacrifices; worship
  • 酹— to pour a libation

Antonyms

  • 亵— to profane; to disrespect
  • 渎— to blaspheme; to defile

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The ancient ritual required pouring libations (餟祭).
  • They performed the ceremony of continuous offerings (餟祀).
  • The ancestral worship involved ritual pouring (餟奠).

Collocations

  • ritual pouring(餟祭)
  • continuous offerings(餟祀)
  • ritual libation(餟奠)
  • sacrificial pouring(餟酹)
  • ceremonial offering(餟享)
  • ancestral libation(餟祖)

Idioms

  • To pour libations in continuous ceremony(餟祀不绝)
  • Ritual offerings to ancestors(餟祭先祖)
  • Ceremonial pouring of wine(餟酹成礼)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Refers to ancient Chinese sacrificial rituals where wine or food was poured continuously as offerings to spirits or ancestors.
  • The character appears in classical texts describing Zhou dynasty ceremonial practices.
  • Represents the continuity and reverence in traditional Chinese ancestral worship traditions.

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