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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
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  *甜* | 甜* | *甜
sweet
HSK 3
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  *帥* | 帥* | *帥
(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
sweet / pleasant / happy
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
gentle and soft; tender; sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman)
HSK 7-9
fragrance / bouquet / sweet smell / CL:
HSK 7-9
sweet / happy
HSK 7-9
sweet taste (of power, success etc); benefit
HSK 7-9
sweet given on a happy occasion (esp. wedding)
HSK 7-9
sweet potato
HSK 7-9
beautiful / sweet / engaging
sweet scent / fragrant odor
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  *甘* | 甘* | *甘
(bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with : bitter, unpleasant) / to be willing (to do sth)
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")
syrup / sweetened water / tong sui (sweet soup)
sweetness
(dialect) sweet potato or yam
the five flavors, namely: sweet , sour , bitter , spicy hot , salty 鹹|咸 / all kinds of flavors
pineapple cake, traditional Taiwanese sweet pastry
whisperings / private words / confidences / sweet nothings
sweet and sour
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  *齁* | 齁* | *齁
to snore / thirsty from excessively salty or sweet food / (dialect) very / extremely
dessert / sweet
sweet fermented rice / glutinous rice wine
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) / yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) / (TCM) digua fig (Ficus tikoua Bur.)
flattering and fawning (idiom) / sweet-talking
(idiom) sweet words / sweet talk / cajolery
fragrant and sweet / sound (sleep)
nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour
flirtatious / coquettish / sweet and charming / beautiful young woman (old)
sweet / cute / delicately pretty
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  *嫣* | 嫣* | *嫣
(literary) lovely; sweet
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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]
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
sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum)
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  *薰* | 薰* | *薰
sweet-smelling grass / Coumarouna odorata / tonka beans / coumarin
(idiom) pitiable; sweet, innocent and vulnerable
sweet liquor
sweet and sour fish
sweet and sour meat (pork)
bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning
(of flavor, voice etc) clear and sweet
sweet and delicious
sweet words / sweet talk
sweet words, beautiful phrases (idiom); hypocritical flattery
sweet dream / sleeping soundly
sweet-tempered / acquiescent
glutinous rice cake with a sweet filling
lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom) / fig. two hearts beating as one / name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish
sweet-talking / ingratiating
melancholy / moving and sad / sweet and piteous
sweet potato / Ipomoea batatas
lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs); to endure hardship gladly / a glutton for punishment
lit. orchids and musk / fig. sweet perfumes
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  *醴* | 醴* | *醴
sweet wine
sweet potato
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  *酏* | 酏* | *酏
elixirs / sweet wine
five spice seasoned / incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)
sweet / soft / lovely (of sounds and voices)
sweet orange (Citrus sinensis)
sweet mouth, bitter heart (idiom); insincere flattery
sweetness; sweet taste
Acorus calamus / sweet sedge or sweet flag
(idiom) to smile sweetly
yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus), a vine with sweet edible root
sweet potato
maltose (sweet syrup)
sweet fermented rice / glutinous rice wine
bell pepper, aka sweet pepper
to call sweetly (of birds)
haw jelly, a sweet jelly popular in northern China, made from Chinese hawthorn fruit
very sweet
(dialect) (of food) excessively sweet; cloying / (dialect) (of words, affection etc) sickenly sweet; overly sentimental
to have a sweet aftertaste
(Tw) jelly made from starch, esp. sweet potato starch
(dialect) sweet potato / yam
salted egg custard bun; lava bun (steamed bun with a sweet runny egg custard filling, a popular dim sum)
taiyaki, Japanese-style waffle made with a fish-shaped mold, typically filled with a sweet bean paste
sugar mandarin (Citrus reticulata cv. "Shatangju"), a cultivar of mandarin that originated in Guangdong, known for its sweet flavor and easy-to-peel skin
traditional Xinjiang sweet walnut cake
mung bean cake (pastry with a rounded top, containing a sweet or savory filling made with cooked mung beans)
(Internet slang) sweet, naive young woman
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 and sour meat (pork)
reunion after an absence is sweeter than being newlyweds (idiom) / absence makes the heart grow fonder
sachima, sweet (Manchu) pastry made of fried strips of dough coated with syrup, pressed together, then cut into blocks
sour and sweet
cendol, Southeast Asian iced sweet dessert
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
sweet and innocent
dried sweet potato slices
Acorus calamus / sweet sedge or sweet flag
sweet and sour pork
pineapple bun, a sweet bun popular esp. in Hong Kong (typically does not contain pineapple – the name comes from the rough top crust which resembles pineapple skin)
imagawayaki (sweet snack made of batter cooked in the shape of a car wheel, stuffed with azuki bean paste or other fillings)
sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus)

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