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samshu
[ sam-shoo, -syoo ]
noun
- a Chinese liqueur distilled from millet or rice.
samshu
/ ˈsæmʃuː; -sjuː /
noun
- an alcoholic drink from China that is made from fermented rice and resembles sake
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of samshu1
1690–1700; < dialectal Chinese (Guangdong) à-ì, akin to Chinese sān shāo three boilings, brewings
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of samshu1
C17: perhaps modification of Chinese shao chiu spirits that will burn, from shao to burn + chiu spirits
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Example Sentences
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He gave him green tea to drink and a cup of alcoholic beverage--called samshu--which is made from fermented rice.
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He was holding in his hand a blue china bowl filled with samshu.
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There they smoked opium, drank samshu, and nodded off to sleep.
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In all such cases the crew has either gone ashore to drink samshu or to smoke opium, or else they lie asleep below.
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Samshoo, Samshu, sam′shōō, n. an ardent spirit distilled by the Chinese from rice: any kind of spirits.
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