Definitions
dregs of wine
Etymology
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The character "醨" historically denoted thin wine, a definition recorded in early lexicons such as the "Shuowen Jiezi", and its structure combines the semantic component "酉", indicating alcohol, with the phonetic component "离". While its core meaning has consistently referred to diluted wine, the term has occasionally been applied in literary works to describe things of inferior quality or diminished substance. The character's form has remained unchanged, maintaining the same constituent elements over time.
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