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Definition
Wine cellar; a basement or cellar used for storing wine.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to a dedicated storage space for wine, often implying a controlled environment for aging or collection. While it can technically refer to a basement, it is almost exclusively used in the context of professional wine storage or high end private collections. Use 地牢 if you are simply describing a basement that happens to contain alcohol.
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His home wine cellar is filled with famous wines.
Do you know where there is a large wine cellar to visit?
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
