lit. the best wine is at the bottom of the jug (idiom); fig. the best is saved for last
trad. 好酒沉甕底
Also written 好酒沉甕底【hǎo jiǔ chén wèng dǐ】
Characters in this word
5好
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good, appropriate; proper, all right!, (before a verb) easy to, (before a verb) good to, (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so, (verb complement indicating completion), (of two people) close; on intimate terms, (after a form of address) hello
- Pinyin
- hǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 11 of 2500
酒
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wine (esp. rice wine), liquor, spirits, alcoholic beverage, CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]
- Pinyin
- jiǔ
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 931 of 2500
沉
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variant of 沉[chen2]
- Pinyin
- chén
- Traditional
- 沈
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 7969 of 2500
瓮
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variant of 甕|瓮[weng4], earthen jar, urn
- Pinyin
- wèng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 32802 of 2500
底
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(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)
- Pinyin
- de
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 10646 of 2500