ʃu, -syu noun
a Chinese liqueur distilled from millet or rice.
Origin:
1690–1700; < dialectal Chinese (Guangdong) sàam-sìu, akin to Chinese sān shāo three boilings, brewings
1690–1700; < dialectal Chinese (Guangdong) sàam-sìu, akin to Chinese sān shāo three boilings, brewings
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| —n | |
| an alcoholic drink from China that is made from fermented rice and resembles sake | |
| [C17: perhaps modification of Chinese shao chiu spirits that will burn, from shao to burn + chiu spirits] | |
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