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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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literary reputation
Sichuan-style hotpot skewers
fragrance of flowers
(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)
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
five spice seasoned / incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)
interesting and appealing (of old locations, objects etc)
Chinese anise / star anise
fennel / fennel seed
sweet scent / fragrant odor
lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom); fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day
popular / in demand / well regarded
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
frankincense
to burn incense / to thank profusely
fragrant / aromatic / fragrance / aroma
costus root (medicinal herb) / aucklandia / Saussurea costus / Dolomiaea souliei
Chinese eaglewood; agarwood tree; lignum aloes (Aquilaria agallocha)
winter daphne
wrinkled giant hyssop / Agastache rugosa (botany)
ambergris
(cuisine) basil-flavored (abbr. for 九層塔香|九层塔香) / cone-shaped incense stick
passion fruit
mosquito-repellent incense or coil
musk
sandalwood
incense coil
awesome (expression of approval used hypocritically after bitching about the exact same thing earlier) (neologism c. 2014)
tulip
lilac
electric mosquito repellent
She Xiang (c. 1361-1396), lady who served as Yi ethnic group leader in Yunnan in early Ming times
incense stick
(botany) rue (Ruta graveolens)
subtle fragrance
lingering fragrance
strong fragrance / pungent
fragrance / fragrant (of incense)
to burn incense
incense
rare perfume
tuberose (Agave amica) / night-blooming jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum) (aka 夜香木)
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.)
burn incense
piña colada
to burn incense
rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)
rosin / pine rosin
sambong (Blumea balsamifera)
(of a fragrance) to waft about / (fig.) (of foods) to become popular in other places as well
to go on a pilgrimage and offer incense (idiom)
spearmint
see 孜然, cumin
Styrax officinalis or Styrax benzoin / benzoin resin (used in TCM) / Benzoinum
to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person
fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
burnt aroma
incense coil
dill seed
thyme (Thymus vulgaris)
fragrant / delicious
see 香附
delicate fragrance
to burn incense at a temple
see 孜然, cumin
a kind of sleeping gas or smoke used by thieves to incapacitate victims
to burn incense
snowdrop bush (Styrax officinalis) / gum storax, used in TCM
fragrance / fragrant
lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom) / fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first
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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