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烈酒

hard liquor

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

lie4jiu3 • lièjiǔ

Meaning

Primary

hard liquor

Alternatives

spirits

Mnemonic

烈酒 Hard liquor refers to 酒 alcohol drinks that are 烈 intensse in terms of amount of alcohol content.

Usage

他 很 少 喝 烈酒。

He rarely drinks hard liquor.

大家 都 喝 了 不少 烈酒。

Everyone drank quite a bit of liquor.

威士忌 是 一 種 烈酒。

Whiskey is a type of hard liquor.