| 好酒沉瓮底 |
hǎo jiǔ chén wèng dǐ |
lit. the best wine is at the bottom of the jug (idiom) / fig. the best is saved for last |
| 好 |
hǎo |
good / appropriate; proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close; on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello |
| 好 |
hào |
to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to |
| 酒 |
jiǔ |
wine (esp. rice wine) / liquor / spirits / alcoholic beverage / CL:杯,瓶,罐,桶,缸 |
| 沉 |
chén |
to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy |
| 瓮 |
wèng |
variant of 瓮 / earthen jar / urn |
| 瓮 |
Wèng |
surname Weng |
| 瓮 |
wèng |
pottery container for water, wine etc |
| 瓮 |
wèng |
variant of 瓮 |
| 底 |
de |
(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) |
| 底 |
dǐ |
bottom; base / background; foundation / copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record / (suffix) end of a year or month / (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底数) |