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1. Joss sticks and candles burning at a temple.
2. A person whose duty is to keep incense burning at a temple.
3. In the ancient times, descendants used to light the incense when offering sacrifices to the ancestors, therefore, the word incense was used for referring the offspring, when we say the incense is prosperous, we mean they have a large family and developed population, on the contrary, the extinguishing of the incense fire means not having offspring.
4. Burning joss stick.

1. any of various aromatic substances burnt for their fragrant odour, esp in religious ceremonies
2. the odour or smoke so produced
3. any pleasant fragrant odour; aroma
4. homage or adulation
5. to burn incense in honour of (a deity)
6. to perfume or fumigate with incense
7. C13: from Old French encens, from Church Latin incensum, from Latin incendere to kindle

The church was scented by candles and incense.: 教堂里充满了蜡烛香薰的味道。
The air in the church was heavy with incense from the many swinging censers.: 教堂里的空气中充满了从多个大香炉散发的香气。
The smoke of a dozen incense pots filled the room.: 从十二个薰香罐里腾起香雾，弥漫了整个房间。
香炉里堆满了香灰，你应该好好打扫一下了。: The incense burner is full of incense ash, you should clean it.
焚香: burn incense