a strong, colorless Chinese liquor distilled from grain
also written mao tai
Origin of mao-tai
after Mao-t'ai, town in southwestern Chinamao-tai
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mao-tai
noun
A clear, very strong Chinese liquor distilled from sorghum.
Origin of mao-tai
After Mao-Tai , a town of Guizhou province, ChinaTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Proper noun
- (informal) Alternative form of Moutai.
Origin
From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 茅台酒 (Máotáijiǔ).
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