| | fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL: 根 | HSK 3 |
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| | sweet scent / fragrant odor | |
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| | wrinkled giant hyssop / Agastache rugosa (botany) | |
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| | rosin / pine rosin | |
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| | (of a flower) vividly colorful and fragrant / (of a woman) captivating; charming / (of writing or a painting etc) lifelike; vivid | |
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| | fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) | |
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| | rare perfume | |
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| | fragrance of flowers | |
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| | subtle fragrance | |
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| | to burn incense at a temple | |
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| | fragrant / aromatic / fragrance / aroma | |
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| | costus root (medicinal herb) / aucklandia / Saussurea costus / Dolomiaea souliei | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | frankincense | |
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| | tulip | |
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| | incense coil | |
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| | rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) | |
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| | popular / in demand / well regarded | |
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| | sandalwood | |
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| | literary reputation | |
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| | incense stick | |
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| | national grace, divine fragrance (idiom); an outstanding beauty | |
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| | lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom); fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day | |
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| | fragrant / delicious | |
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| | tuberose (Agave amica) / night-blooming jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum) (aka 夜香木) | |
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| | to burn incense | |
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| | spearmint | |
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| | interesting and appealing (of old locations, objects etc) | |
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| | Chinese anise / star anise | |
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| | orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata) / "chicken butt", popular Taiwan snack on a stick, made of marinated "white cut chicken" butt | |
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| | Chinese anise / star anise / Fructus Anisi Stellati | |
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| | to burn incense / to thank profusely | |
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| | musk | |
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| | mosquito-repellent incense or coil | |
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| | delicate fragrance | |
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| | lilac | |
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| | fragrance / fragrant | |
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| | fragrance / fragrant (of incense) | |
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| | to burn incense | |
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| | ambergris | |
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| | lit. to feel the taste in one's mouth (idiom) / fig. to water at the mouth / to drool in anticipation | |
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| | sambong (Blumea balsamifera) | |
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| | winter daphne | |
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| | Styrax officinalis or Styrax benzoin / benzoin resin (used in TCM) / Benzoinum | |
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| | thyme (Thymus vulgaris) | |
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| | to go on a pilgrimage and offer incense (idiom) | |
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| | incense coil | |
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| | strong fragrance / pungent | |
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| | burn incense | |
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| | five spice seasoned / incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty) | |
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| | passion fruit | |
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| | incense | |
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| | to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person | |
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| | (botany) rue (Ruta graveolens) | |
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| | lit. burying jade and interring incense (idiom); funeral for a beautiful person | |
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| | awesome (expression of approval used hypocritically after bitching about the exact same thing earlier) (neologism c. 2014) | |
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| | lingering fragrance | |
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| | fennel / fennel seed | |
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| | a kind of sleeping gas or smoke used by thieves to incapacitate victims | |
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| | (of a fragrance) to waft about / (fig.) (of foods) to become popular in other places as well | |
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| | (cuisine) basil-flavored (abbr. for 九層塔香|九层塔香) / cone-shaped incense stick | |
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| | burnt aroma | |
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| | root of Vladimiria souliei (used in TCM) / Dolomiaea souliei | |
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| | dill seed | |
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| | (botany) patchouli (Pogostemon cablin) | |
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| | 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.) | |
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| | lilac (Syringa spp) / clove (Syzygium aromaticum) | |
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| | eloquence that generates perfume (idiom); profound and significant text | |
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| | lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom) / fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first | |
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| | She Xiang (c. 1361-1396), lady who served as Yi ethnic group leader in Yunnan in early Ming times | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | piña colada | |
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| | Chinese eaglewood; agarwood tree; lignum aloes (Aquilaria agallocha) | |
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| | to burn incense | |
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| | snowdrop bush (Styrax officinalis) / gum storax, used in TCM | |
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| | electric mosquito repellent | |
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