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flavor; taste / (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...) / (fig.) interest; delight / (dialect) smell; odor
HSK 2
taste
HSK 4
to signify / to mean / to imply
HSK 5
delicious / delicious food / delicacy
HSK 7-9
food prepared by stewing in soy sauce and spices
HSK 7-9
taste / flavor / feeling
HSK 7-9
fragrance / bouquet / sweet smell / CL:
HSK 7-9
persistently; stubbornly; blindly
HSK 7-9
odor; scent
HSK 7-9
a person's preferences / tastes (in food) / flavor
HSK 7-9
implicit charm in rhyme or sound / hinted appeal / interest
HSK 7-9
(idiom) thought-provoking; to provide food for thought
HSK 7-9
fun; interest; delight / taste; liking; preference
HSK 7-9
to call to mind and ponder over / aftertaste
HSK 7-9
with keen interest (idiom) / with great pleasure / with gusto / eagerly
HSK 7-9
distinctive flavor / distinctive style
HSK 7-9
monosodium glutamate (MSG)
HSK 7-9
original; authentic
HSK 7-9
variant of 滷味|卤味
HSK 7-9
meaning / implication / flavor / overtone / to mean / to imply / (Tw) to get a sense of
dull and insipid
umami, one of the five basic tastes (cookery)
boar taint, the taste or odor of sweat or urine in pork from uncastrated pigs
seasoning / condiment / flavoring / dressing / essences
miso (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 味噌 "miso") / also pr. [wei4 zeng1]
schizandra (Schisandra chinensis) / Magnolia vine
(of food) to have the right taste / (of people) to feel at ease
human warmth / friendliness / human touch
tedious / dreary
to sample; to taste / to appreciate / one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc); good taste
sweetness
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  *味* | 味* | *味
taste / smell / (fig.) (noun suffix) feel / quality / sense / (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription
the five flavors, namely: sweet , sour , bitter , spicy hot , salty 鹹|咸 / all kinds of flavors
taste bud(s)
sense of taste / gustation
tedious
interest / taste
to ruminate / to ponder subtleties
tasty / to be absorbed in sth / interesting
unpleasant odor
to have a rich aftertaste / (fig.) memorable; to linger in one's memory
to think sth over
profound / significant / meaningful
to be upset / to feel disgusted
flavorless; unpalatable / odorless / dull; uninteresting
Western taste / Western style
dull / insipid
lit. just the right flavor / just right / just the thing / excellent
acerbic (taste) / astringent
lit. to eat without tasting the food / worried or downhearted (idiom)
strange odor
tasty / to one's liking
to improve taste / to make sth palatable
smell of alcohol / flavoring of rum or other liquor in food / aroma or nose (of wine)
to become tainted with the smell of sth else / to pick up an odor
bad smell; foul odor
monosodium glutamate (MSG)
seafood
lit. tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom) / fig. tasteless; insipid
not the right flavor / not quite right / a bit off / fishy / queer / amiss / feel bad / be upset
to lose flavor
tasty
game / wild animals and birds hunted for food or sport
feeling / flavor / sense
bitter taste / bitterness
to lose flavor
to share vile habits / partners in notoriety / birds of a feather
sweetness; sweet taste
flavorsome / (fig.) delightful / full of interest
siu mei; Cantonese-style barbecue (roasted meats, such as pork, duck or chicken, seasoned and cooked to a crispy, flavorful finish)
foul smell
to be jealous
mirin, a Japanese cooking wine
profit-before-all-else mindset / money-grubbing
exotic delicacies / luxury foodstuff from distant locations
(Tw) traditional style; old-fashioned feel; flavor of yesteryear
to appreciate life
aftertaste
erhua variant of 走味
monotonous / dull / tedious (idiom)
garlic odor
strong flavor (spicy, salty etc) / (of food) strongly flavored / (of a person) having a preference for strong flavors / (slang) intense / hardcore
shamisen, three-stringed Japanese musical instrument
fine, lasting flavor (of literature)
sweetener (food additive)
authentic taste / plain cooked / natural flavor (without spices and seasonings)
Beijing flavor / Beijing style
to savor / to relish
flavoring agent
cheesy pick-up lines
exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)
lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom) / fig. some things have little to no value, yet one is still reluctant to part with them
Ajinomoto, Japanese food and chemical corporation
Spring Festival atmosphere; festive ambience of Chinese New Year
dressing / sauce
amblygeustia / loss of food taste
to have quite a lasting charm
variant of 味醂
delicacy and fine taste (idiom); a wonderful treat
sweetener

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