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Chinese to English Dictionary (1-5 of 30)

[xiāng]
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  • 1. fragrant
  • 2. delicious
  • 3. sound
  • 4. popular
  • 5. spice
  • 6. incense

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激怒
[jīnù]
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  • enrage

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香火
[xiānɡhuǒ]
  • 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.

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香案
[xiāng'àn]
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  • a long altar on which incense burners are placed; incense burner table

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卫生香(衛生香)
[wèishēnɡxiānɡ]
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  • Fragrant incense, a kind of incense that can cleanse the air in the room when burnt.

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Examples (1-5 of 19)

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
一盘蚊香
a coil of mosquito-repellent incense
香烟缭绕
smoke coiling up from burning incense
烧香许愿
burn incense and make vows

Vocab List (1 of 3)

incense
from 小北's Vocab List
  • A persom whose duty is to keng incense burning at a temple

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