Shaoxing wines
Shaoxing wines is the plural of Shaoxing wine.
Meaning of Shaoxing wine
Noun
Shaoxing wine (countable and uncountable, plural Shaoxing wines)
- A variety of huangjiu made from rice, from the region of Shaoxing in the Zhejiang province of eastern China. It is used in cooking and as a beverage.
- So that's when we start to make menus. I say, "At night, I'm dreaming menus. Like summer. First course: lime ceviche, try albacore."
He says, "Second course: drunken chicken in Shao-hsing wine."[2010, Karen Tei Yamashita, I Hotel, Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 105
- So that's when we start to make menus. I say, "At night, I'm dreaming menus. Like summer. First course: lime ceviche, try albacore."
Questions about Shaoxing wines
- What is Shaoxing wines the plural of?
- Shaoxing wines is the plural of Shaoxing wine.
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