Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
酌
zhuó
Description
"酌"的意思是倒酒或者喝酒，常常用在书面语里。
它也可以表示仔细考虑，比如"酌情"就是看情况决定。
Meanings
酌zhuó
to pour or drink wine
两个老朋友一起对酌。
酌zhuó
to consider; to weigh carefully
这件事请你酌情处理。
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Notes
- Nuance
mostly literary; in daily speech people say 喝酒 for drinking, not 酌.
- Etymology
originally means ladling wine from a vessel, later extended to "weigh/consider".
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