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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:
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  *甜* | 甜* | *甜
sweet
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  *帅* | 帅* | *帅
(bound form) commander-in-chief / (bound form) to lead; to command / handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant / (coll.) cool!; sweet! / (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
HSK 4
to have as a feature or characteristic; to have an element of (confidence, sweetness, malevolence etc); to carry (a pathogen, connotation etc)
HSK 5
lit. sour, sweet, bitter and spicy (idiom) / fig. all kinds of flavors; the joys and sorrows of life
HSK 5
sweet-sounding / beautiful (of sound)
HSK 7-9
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  *稀* | 稀* | *稀
sparse; scattered / rare; uncommon / diluted; thin; watery / (bound form) sth liquid or of thin consistency (as in 綠豆稀|绿豆稀 "sweet mung bean soup") / (bound form) totally; extremely (used with negative attributes, as in 稀糟 "utterly ruined")
HSK 7-9
sweet / pleasant / happy
HSK 7-9
gentle and soft; tender; sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman)
HSK 7-9
sweet / happy
HSK 7-9
sweet potato
HSK 7-9
fragrance / bouquet / sweet smell / CL:
HSK 7-9
sweet given on a happy occasion (esp. wedding)
HSK 7-9
sweet taste (of power, success etc); benefit
HSK 7-9
haw jelly, a sweet jelly popular in northern China, made from Chinese hawthorn fruit
sweet and unctuous / (fig.) overly sentimental
(dialect) sweet potato or yam
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  *甘* | 甘* | *甘
(bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with : bitter, unpleasant) / to be willing (to do sth)
monk fruit, the sweet fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii, a vine of the Curcubitaceae family native to southern China and northern Thailand, used in Chinese medicine
five spice seasoned / incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)
sweet fermented rice / glutinous rice wine
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  *嫣* | 嫣* | *嫣
(literary) lovely; sweet
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) / yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) / (TCM) digua fig (Ficus tikoua Bur.)
lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs); to endure hardship gladly / a glutton for punishment
sweet orange (Citrus sinensis)
dessert / sweet
sweet liquor
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  *齁* | 齁* | *齁
to snore / thirsty from excessively salty or sweet food / (dialect) very / extremely
fragrant and sweet / sound (sleep)
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  *酪* | 酪* | *酪
(bound form) semi-solid food made from milk (junket, cheese etc) / (bound form) fruit jelly; sweet paste made with crushed nuts / Taiwan pr. [luo4]
(idiom) sweet words / sweet talk / cajolery
whisperings / private words / confidences / sweet nothings
lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom) / fig. two hearts beating as one / name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish
beautiful / sweet / engaging
sweet potato
sweet fermented rice / glutinous rice wine
sweet scent / fragrant odor
sour and sweet
sweet / cute / delicately pretty
sweet-talking / ingratiating
nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour
sweet and sour
(of a couple) to be sweet to each other; lovey-dovey / tired of; fed up with; sick of (synonym of 膩味|腻味)
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  *薰* | 薰* | *薰
sweet-smelling grass / Coumarouna odorata / tonka beans / coumarin
sweet-tempered / gentle
sweet potato / Ipomoea batatas
sachima, sweet (Manchu) pastry made of fried strips of dough coated with syrup, pressed together, then cut into blocks
(of flavor, voice etc) clear and sweet
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  *醴* | 醴* | *醴
sweet wine
traditional Xinjiang sweet walnut cake
very sweet
(dialect) sweet potato / yam
sweet
(idiom) to smile sweetly
flattering and fawning (idiom) / sweet-talking
flirtatious / coquettish / sweet and charming / beautiful young woman (old)
sweet potato
bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning
sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum)
to bill and coo (idiom) / to whisper sweet nothings to one another / to be very much in love
melancholy / moving and sad / sweet and piteous
bell pepper, aka sweet pepper
lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom) / fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
sweet dream / sleeping soundly
Acorus calamus / sweet sedge or sweet flag
yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus), a vine with sweet edible root
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  *酏* | 酏* | *酏
elixirs / sweet wine
sweet words / fine talk
glutinous rice cake with a sweet filling
a great blessing / daifuku, a traditional Japanese sweet consisting of a soft, chewy outer layer made of glutinous rice (mochi) and a sweet filling, commonly red bean paste (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大福 "daifuku")
the five flavors, namely: sweet , sour , bitter , spicy hot , salty 鹹|咸 / all kinds of flavors
sweet words / sweet talk
qingtuan, green-colored dumpling originating from Jiangnan, traditionally made with glutinous rice mixed with mugwort and filled with sweet bean paste, usually eaten around Qingming Festival 清明節|清明节
sweetness; sweet taste
sweet and sour pork
to call sweetly (of birds)
(idiom) pitiable; sweet, innocent and vulnerable
sweet-tempered / acquiescent
pineapple cake, traditional Taiwanese sweet pastry
salted egg custard bun; lava bun (steamed bun with a sweet runny egg custard filling, a popular dim sum)
reunion after an absence is sweeter than being newlyweds (idiom) / absence makes the heart grow fonder
sugar mandarin (Citrus reticulata cv. "Shatangju"), a cultivar of mandarin that originated in Guangdong, known for its sweet flavor and easy-to-peel skin
sweet snack made from glutinous rice, sugar and honey, common in Changsha 長沙|长沙, Hunan
sweet and sour meat (pork)
sweet and sour pork / also written 咕嚕肉|咕噜肉
taiyaki, Japanese-style waffle made with a fish-shaped mold, typically filled with a sweet bean paste
sweet and innocent
Dioscorea alata (Kinampay or aromatic purple yam, a sweet root crop)
sweet and sour meat (pork)
(Tw) jelly made from starch, esp. sweet potato starch
ching bo leung, an icy, sweet dessert soup
maltose (sweet syrup)
imagawayaki (sweet snack made of batter cooked in the shape of a car wheel, stuffed with azuki bean paste or other fillings)
dried sweet potato slices
sweet and delicious
traditional Xinjiang sweet walnut cake
sweet and sour pork
(slang) (of a young man) sweet and boyish in appearance / having soft, feminine features
cendol, Southeast Asian iced sweet dessert
(Tw) a square sheet of pastry, typically pan-fried and served with savory fillings or sweet jam

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