斗酒

Chinese
 
ladle; dipper; small
ladle; dipper; small; big; stars
 alcoholic drink
trad. (斗酒) 斗 酒
simp. #(斗酒) 斗 酒

Pronunciation

Noun

斗酒

  1. ability to hold one's liquor; alcohol tolerance

Synonyms
  • 海量 (hǎiliàng) (high alcohol tolerance)
  • 酒量 (jiǔliàng)
  • 雅量 (yǎliàng) (honorific, high alcohol tolerance)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
斗 酒
と
Grade: S		 しゅ
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

Superficially 斗(と) (to, “18 liter measure”) + 酒(しゅ) (shu, “alcohol”). Attested from at least the 15th century.[1]

Noun

斗(と)酒(しゅ) • (toshu) 

  1. a large volume of sake
    彼女(かのじょ)は斗酒(としゅ)なお辞(じ)せず。
    Kanojo wa toshu nao jisezu.
    She drinks sake by the tun.

References
  1. “斗酒”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
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