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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
Sichuan-style hotpot skewers
fragrance of flowers
lilac (Syringa spp) / clove (Syzygium aromaticum)
tuberose (Agave amica) / night-blooming jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum) (aka 夜香木)
literary reputation
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
Chinese anise / star anise / Fructus Anisi Stellati
tulip
five spice seasoned / incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)
incense stick
interesting and appealing (of old locations, objects etc)
Chinese anise / star anise
fennel / fennel seed
to burn incense
sweet scent / fragrant odor
popular / in demand / well regarded
spearmint
(of a flower) vividly colorful and fragrant / (of a woman) captivating; charming / (of writing or a painting etc) lifelike; vivid
frankincense
fragrant / aromatic / fragrance / aroma
eloquence that generates perfume (idiom); profound and significant text
costus root (medicinal herb) / aucklandia / Saussurea costus / Dolomiaea souliei
(of a fragrance) to waft about / (fig.) (of foods) to become popular in other places as well
(botany) patchouli (Pogostemon cablin)
Chinese eaglewood; agarwood tree; lignum aloes (Aquilaria agallocha)
winter daphne
fragrant / delicious
piña colada
wrinkled giant hyssop / Agastache rugosa (botany)
(cuisine) basil-flavored (abbr. for 九層塔香|九层塔香) / cone-shaped incense stick
passion fruit
to go on a pilgrimage and offer incense (idiom)
mosquito-repellent incense or coil
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
musk
sandalwood
awesome (expression of approval used hypocritically after bitching about the exact same thing earlier) (neologism c. 2014)
to burn incense / to thank profusely
lilac
electric mosquito repellent
She Xiang (c. 1361-1396), lady who served as Yi ethnic group leader in Yunnan in early Ming times
(botany) rue (Ruta graveolens)
strong fragrance / pungent
subtle fragrance
lingering fragrance
fragrance / fragrant (of incense)
to burn incense
incense
lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom); fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day
snowdrop bush (Styrax officinalis) / gum storax, used in TCM
national grace, divine fragrance (idiom); an outstanding beauty
burn incense
to burn incense
rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)
ambergris
to burn incense at a temple
lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom) / fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first
to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person
rosin / pine rosin
see 孜然, cumin
Styrax officinalis or Styrax benzoin / benzoin resin (used in TCM) / Benzoinum
fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
burnt aroma
dill seed
incense coil
thyme (Thymus vulgaris)
see 香附
rare perfume
sambong (Blumea balsamifera)
delicate fragrance
see 孜然, cumin
yuxiang, a seasoning of Chinese cuisine that typically contains garlic, scallions, ginger, sugar, salt, chili peppers etc (Although "yuxiang" literally means "fish fragrance", it contains no seafood.)
a kind of sleeping gas or smoke used by thieves to incapacitate victims
fragrance / fragrant
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
incense coil
lit. to feel the taste in one's mouth (idiom) / fig. to water at the mouth / to drool in anticipation
lit. burying jade and interring incense (idiom); funeral for a beautiful person
root of Vladimiria souliei (used in TCM) / Dolomiaea souliei


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