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  *香* | 香* | *香
fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL:
HSK 3
banana / CL: , 個|个,
HSK 3
sausage / CL:
HSK 5
chewing gum
HSK 7-9
perfume / cologne
HSK 7-9
spice / flavoring / condiment / perfume
HSK 7-9
fragrance / bouquet / sweet smell / CL:
HSK 7-9
cigarette (CL:,條|条,,,) (variant of 香煙|香烟)
HSK 7-9
sesame oil / perfumed oil
HSK 7-9
smoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line / cigarette (CL:,條|条,,,)
HSK 7-9
flavorsome and having a springy mouthfeel (Tw)
fragrant flower / fig. beneficial (of artworks etc)
national grace, divine fragrance (idiom); an outstanding beauty
delicate fragrance
sweet scent / fragrant odor
Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC (abbr. to )
to burn incense at a temple
Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), public broadcaster
Honolulu, capital of Hawaii / also transliterated as 火奴魯魯|火奴鲁鲁
burn incense
coriander leaf
Typha orientalis / broadleaf cumbungi / bulrush / cattail
star anise-flavored fava beans (snack from Shaoxing, Zhejiang province)
rich and mellow (flavor or aroma)
rare perfume
Chinese University of Hong Kong
(of a flower) vividly colorful and fragrant / (of a woman) captivating; charming / (of writing or a painting etc) lifelike; vivid
to burn incense and worship Buddha
Chinese anise / star anise
fragrance of flowers
fragrance / aroma / incense
Sichuan-style hotpot skewers
seasoning / condiment / flavoring / dressing / essences
mosquito-repellent incense or coil
Hong Kong Wetland Park, in Yuen Long, New Territories
orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata) / "chicken butt", popular Taiwan snack on a stick, made of marinated "white cut chicken" butt
(loanword) champagne
fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
Chanel (brand name)
lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom); philandering / secret illicit sex
subtle fragrance
fragrant / aromatic / fragrance / aroma
aromatic herb / vanilla / alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei / (fig.) loyal and dependable person (old)
lemon grass (Cymbopogon flexuosus)
Xiangzhou, a district of Zhuhai City 珠海市, Guangdong
the first stick of incense placed in the censer (believed to bring good luck esp. during festivities) / (slang) (Tw) the first reply to a blog post etc
a censer (for burning incense) / incense burner / thurible
tulip
incense coil
grenadine / carnation / clove pink / Dianthus caryophyllus (botany)
passion fruit
rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)
popular / in demand / well regarded
crisp-fried
sandalwood
fragrant and sweet / sound (sleep)
delicious / savory
literary reputation
incense stick
to have tender, protective feelings for the fairer sex (idiom)
sperm whale; cachalot (Physeter macrocephalus)
lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom); fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day
(loanword) chanson
(dialect) dog meat
joss stick and candle
tuberose (Agave amica) / night-blooming jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum) (aka 夜香木)
a woman's rooms
smoked bean curd
to burn incense
exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)
vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanoides)
Xiangfang district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨 in Heilongjiang
shiitake (Lentinus edodes), an edible mushroom
spearmint
(loanword) champagne / CL: ,
interesting and appealing (of old locations, objects etc)
Chinese anise / star anise / Fructus Anisi Stellati
Shangri-la, the beautiful, idyllic land of James Hilton's 1933 novel "Lost Horizon"; a paradise on earth / Shangri-La, a county-level city in Yunnan that takes its name from the fictional land of the 1933 novel
grapefruit
delicious cakes / popular person / sth that is in high demand
athlete's foot
coriander / cilantro / Coriandrum sativum
frankincense
lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom) / fig. to live well
to burn incense / to thank profusely
musk
vanilla / vanilla extract / methyl vanillin C8H8O3
(Tw) cantaloupe; muskmelon
Chinese toon (Toona sinensis), deciduous tree whose young leaves are used as a vegetable
(botany) family Rutaceae (rue family, aka citrus family)
lilac
fragrance / fragrant
a small bag full of fragrance used on Dragon boat Festival
incense burning in front of a temple / burning joss sticks
spice bag
richly scented / strongly perfumed
fragrance / fragrant (of incense)
Xiangfang district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨 in Heilongjiang
family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family

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