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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
sausage / CL:
HSK 5
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
sesame oil / perfumed oil
HSK 7-9
perfumed soap / toilet soap / CL: 塊|块
lemongrass (Cymbopogon)
fragrance / bouquet / sweet smell / CL:
HSK 7-9
spice / flavoring / condiment / perfume
HSK 7-9
Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
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)
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Chanel (brand name)
jasmine tea / scented tea
fragrant and sweet / sound (sleep)
Hong Kong person or people
shiitake (Lentinus edodes), an edible mushroom
Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC (abbr. to )
balsam / face cream
Hong Kong Island
aromatic herb / vanilla / alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei / (fig.) loyal and dependable person (old)
a small table to accommodate an incense burner
exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)
Chinese University of Hong Kong
aromatherapy (alternative medicine)
fragrance / aroma / incense
orange (tree and fruit)
shampoo (loanword) / see 洗髮皂|洗发皂
shiitake (Lentinus edodes), an edible mushroom
chewing gum
a censer (for burning incense) / incense burner / thurible
bay leaf / laurel leaf
savory (herb)
Fragrant Hills Park, Beijing
a woman's rooms
Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), public broadcaster
joss stick and candle
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
Champs Élysées
coriander / cilantro / Coriandrum sativum
richly scented / strongly perfumed
Hsiangshan, a district of Hsinchu 新竹市, Taiwan
Xiangzhou, a district of Zhuhai City 珠海市, Guangdong
magnificent carriage and precious horses (idiom); rich family with extravagant lifestyle / ostentatious display of luxury
Hong Kong Police Force (since 1997)
Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions
coriander
incense wood
(idiom) (of a beautiful woman) to die; to pass away
The University of Hong Kong
athlete's foot
aromatherapy
Chinese toon (Toona sinensis), deciduous tree whose young leaves are used as a vegetable
kiss
spice bag
Typha orientalis / broadleaf cumbungi / bulrush / cattail
delicious / savory
coriander leaf
rich and mellow (flavor or aroma)
(loanword) chanson
grapefruit
to bathe in a fragrant hot spring (idiom)
creamy
an unending stream of pilgrims
smoked bean curd
deodorant
a beautiful woman
incense burning in front of a temple / burning joss sticks
swollen lips; overly plump lips
perfume / balsam
citronellol (chemistry)
a company of pilgrims
fragrant flower / fig. beneficial (of artworks etc)
crisp-fried
(loanword) champagne / CL: ,
Hong Kong Cultural Center
Hong Kong Trade Development Council
toilet soap
sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus)
Hong Kong Wetland Park, in Yuen Long, New Territories
Xiangfang, a district of Harbin City 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市, Heilongjiang
fragrance; perfume
all-spice (Pimenta dioica) / Jamaican pepper
delicious cakes / popular person / sth that is in high demand
vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanoides)
vanilla (Vanilla planifolia)
aromatic vinegar / balsamic vinegar
mountain weasel / alpine weasel
Shambhala, mythical place (Buddhism, Hinduism)

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