Definitions
unfiltered wine; wine brewed twice
Etymology
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醾 is a phono-semantic compound historically denoting an unfiltered wine or liquor in ancient Chinese drinking culture. Structurally, the alcohol radical 酉 on the left anchors the character in the semantic realm of alcoholic beverages and fermentation. The right side, 縻, is the phonetic component, giving the character its pronunciation. As a term for a specific archaic style of unstrained alcohol, 醾 is rarely encountered today; it appears almost exclusively in classical literature and historical records and has no application in modern brewing terminology.
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