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醑 is a phono-semantic compound from traditional brewing vocabulary, combining the wine radical 酉 (yǒu) as the semantic element on the left with 胥 (xū) on the right to supply the pronunciation. It refers to strained wine, clear spirits, or the act of straining and purifying alcoholic liquids during fermentation, and appears in classical literature to describe fine, filtered drinks.
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