snake wine

English

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 蛇酒 (shéjiǔ).

Noun

snake wine (usually uncountable, plural snake wines)

1. An Asian alcoholic beverage produced by infusing whole snakes in rice wine or grain alcohol, and traditionally believed to have curative effects.

Translations

Translations

• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蛇酒 (shéjiǔ)

• Indonesian: arak ular
• Japanese: 蛇酒 (ja)
• Khmer: ស្រាពស់ (srapsâ)
• Korean: 뱀주 (baemju)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: arak ular
• Mongolian: могойтой архи (mogojtoj arxi)
• Polish: żmijówka (pl) f
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Uyghur: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: rượu rắn