酾
(literary) to filter (wine); to pour (wine or tea); to dredge; Taiwan pr. [si1]
Closest English meanings
to strain wine·to pour
The Calligrapher — Sū Shì 苏轼
Song literatus whose spontaneous running script shaped the literati ideal.
Song calligrapher (1037–1101), master of running script/regular script — Song poet-statesman and polymath whose expressive running script made personality, not rules, the point. Song dynasty
Cultural Story
In his First Ode on the Red Cliff, Su Shi pictures Cao Cao 酾酒临江, pouring wine to face the great river as he composed verse with a halberd laid across his lap, lord of a fleet and an empire's hope. The 酾 was the bold, open pour of a conqueror at ease. From that riverbank line the character kept the gesture of a cup flung out toward fate.
Common words & phrases
- 酾酒 strain wine · pour wine
Read the story behind the character
A literature teacher reads the line 酾酒临江 to a class and asks what Cao Cao felt with the river before him, while a ritual troupe pours 酾酒 at a riverside festival in the old manner. The character now opens a textbook question and a ceremony. The bold pour of a warlord's verse has become a student's recitation and a festival's careful cup.
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