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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
literary reputation
chewing gum
HSK 7-9
sausage / CL:
HSK 5
Sichuan-style hotpot skewers
aromatherapy
fragrance of flowers
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
(botany) patchouli (Pogostemon cablin)
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
lilac (Syringa spp) / clove (Syzygium aromaticum)
sesame oil / perfumed oil
HSK 7-9
perfumed soap / toilet soap / CL: 塊|块
lemongrass (Cymbopogon)
fragrant wine fears no dark alley (idiom) / quality goods need no advertising
fragrance / bouquet / sweet smell / CL:
HSK 7-9
spice / flavoring / condiment / perfume
HSK 7-9
to offer incense (at a temple etc)
orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata) / "chicken butt", popular Taiwan snack on a stick, made of marinated "white cut chicken" butt
eloquence that generates perfume (idiom); profound and significant text
Chinese anise / star anise / Fructus Anisi Stellati
Tower of Buddhist Incense in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园, Beijing
Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Honolulu, capital of Hawaii / also transliterated as 火奴魯魯|火奴鲁鲁
five-spice powder
smoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line / cigarette (CL:,條|条,,,)
HSK 7-9
Avenue des Champs-Élysées
perfume / cologne
HSK 7-9
Hong Kong Basic Law (in effect since the resumption of Chinese sovereignty in 1997)
five spice seasoned / incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
interesting and appealing (of old locations, objects etc)
lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom) / fig. to live well
Chanel (brand name)
Chinese anise / star anise
fennel / fennel seed
sweet scent / fragrant odor
jasmine tea / scented tea
lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom); fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day
popular / in demand / well regarded
fragrant and sweet / sound (sleep)
national grace, divine fragrance (idiom); an outstanding beauty
lit. the flowers in one's garden cannot match the fragrance of wild flowers (idiom) / fig. other women seem more attractive than one's own partner / the grass is always greener on the other side
(of a flower) vividly colorful and fragrant / (of a woman) captivating; charming / (of writing or a painting etc) lifelike; vivid
Hong Kong person or people
frankincense
shiitake (Lentinus edodes), an edible mushroom
to burn incense in prayer to a God
Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC (abbr. to )
bubble-gum
balsam / face cream
Hong Kong Island
aromatic herb / vanilla / alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei / (fig.) loyal and dependable person (old)
to burn incense / to thank profusely
fragrant / aromatic / fragrance / aroma
a small table to accommodate an incense burner
pork strips stir-fried with yuxiang 魚香|鱼香
sperm whale; cachalot (Physeter macrocephalus)
costus root (medicinal herb) / aucklandia / Saussurea costus / Dolomiaea souliei
exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)
Chinese University of Hong Kong
aromatherapy (alternative medicine)
fragrance / aroma / incense
Chinese eaglewood; agarwood tree; lignum aloes (Aquilaria agallocha)
winter daphne
caraway
orange (tree and fruit)
shampoo (loanword) / see 洗髮皂|洗发皂
shiitake (Lentinus edodes), an edible mushroom
exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)
wrinkled giant hyssop / Agastache rugosa (botany)
chewing gum
a censer (for burning incense) / incense burner / thurible
bay leaf / laurel leaf
savory (herb)
ambergris
(cuisine) basil-flavored (abbr. for 九層塔香|九层塔香) / cone-shaped incense stick
passion fruit
Fragrant Hills Park, Beijing
a woman's rooms
Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), public broadcaster
joss stick and candle
mosquito-repellent incense or coil
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
(loanword) champagne
oriental melon (Cucumis melo Makuwa Group) / cantaloupe; muskmelon (Cucumis melo)
banana person (yellow outside, white inside) / mildly pejorative term used by Chinese for assimilated Asian Americans / Westernized person of Asian appearance
musk
sandalwood
incense coil
awesome (expression of approval used hypocritically after bitching about the exact same thing earlier) (neologism c. 2014)
tulip
to have tender, protective feelings for the fairer sex (idiom)
(Tw) cantaloupe; muskmelon
lilac
electric mosquito repellent
She Xiang (c. 1361-1396), lady who served as Yi ethnic group leader in Yunnan in early Ming times

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