A Bite of China

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Fragrance

S3E2 · 香 xiāng

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4.59 Intermediate

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花甲之年 花甲之年 huā jiǎ zhī nián 花: flower; blossoms · 甲: armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to Idiom ∼HSK 7
络绎不绝 絡繹不絕 luò yì bù jué (idiom) continuously; in an endless stream Idiom HSK 7
千家万户 千家萬戶 qiān jiā wàn hù every family (idiom) Idiom HSK 7
根深蒂固 根深蒂固 gēn shēn dì gù deep-rooted (problem etc) Idiom HSK 7
大街小巷 大街小巷 dà jiē xiǎo xiàng great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city Idiom HSK 7
奔波 奔波 bēn bō to rush about; to be constantly on the move Xiehouyu HSK 7
挑剔 挑剔 tiāo ti picky; fussy Xiehouyu HSK 7
热腾腾 熱騰騰 rè téng téng steaming hot; (fig.) bustling; hectic; (fig.) excited; stirred up; (fig.) created only a short time before; freshly minted; hot off the press; (coll.) also pr. [rè tēng tēng] Colloquialism HSK 7
撒 撒 sā to let go; to cast; to let loose; to discharge; to give expression to; (coll.) to pee Colloquialism HSK 7
渣子 渣子 zhā zi dregs; bits; dregs (of society) HSK 7
外向 外向 wài xiàng extroverted (personality); (economics etc) export-oriented HSK 7
工序 工序 gōng xù working procedure; process HSK 7
祖传 祖傳 zǔ chuán passed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation HSK 7
肥沃 肥沃 féi wò fertile HSK 7
韧性 韌性 rèn xìng toughness HSK 7
红薯 紅薯 hóng shǔ sweet potato HSK 7
要强 要強 yào qiáng eager to excel; eager to get ahead in life; strong-minded HSK 7
富含 富含 fù hán to contain in great quantities; rich in HSK 7
叮嘱 叮囑 dīng zhǔ to warn repeatedly; to urge; to exhort again and again HSK 7
麻辣 麻辣 má là hot and numbing HSK 7
适量 適量 shì liàng appropriate amount HSK 7
鲜美 鮮美 xiān měi delicious; tasty HSK 7
瓜子 瓜子 guā zǐ melon seed; seeds of pumpkin, watermelon or sunflower etc, roasted and flavored, consumed as a snack HSK 7
火候 火候 huǒ hou heat control; (fig.) mastery; (fig.) crucial moment HSK 7
一味 一味 yī wèi blindly; invariably HSK 7
打磨 打磨 dǎ mó to polish; to burnish; to shine HSK 7
乡亲 鄉親 xiāng qīn fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home HSK 7
沉淀 沉澱 chén diàn to settle; to precipitate; sedimentation HSK 7
浓郁 濃郁 nóng yù rich; strong; heavy (fragrance); dense; full-bodied; intense HSK 7
稠 稠 chóu dense; crowded; thick; many HSK 7
次序 次序 cì xù sequence; order HSK 7
审美 審美 shěn měi esthetics; appreciating the arts; taste HSK 7
红火 紅火 hóng huǒ prosperous HSK 7
调和 調和 tiáo hé harmonious; to mediate; to reconcile; mediation; to compromise; to mix; to blend; blended; to season; seasoning; to placate HSK 7
干事 幹事 gàn shi administrator; executive secretary HSK 7
世代 世代 shì dài for many generations; generation; era; age HSK 7
托付 托付 tuō fù to entrust HSK 7
清凉 清涼 qīng liáng cool; refreshing; (of clothing) skimpy; revealing HSK 7
清淡 清淡 qīng dàn light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored); insipid; slack (sales) HSK 7
迁徙 遷徙 qiān xǐ to migrate; to move HSK 7
渔民 漁民 yú mín fisherman; fisher folk HSK 7
筛 篩 shāi (bound form) a sieve; to sieve; to sift; to filter; to eliminate through selection; to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water); to pour (wine or tea); (dialect) to strike (a gong) HSK 7
汇集 匯集 huì jí to collect; to compile; to converge; also written 汇集 HSK 7
禁不住 禁不住 jīn bu zhù can't help it; can't bear it HSK 7
口感 口感 kǒu gǎn mouthfeel; texture (of food) HSK 7
勤劳 勤勞 qín láo hardworking; industrious; diligent HSK 7
选用 選用 xuǎn yòng to choose for some purpose; to select and use HSK 7
抠 摳 kōu to dig out; to pick out (with one's fingers); to carve; to cut; to study meticulously; to lift one's clothes; stingy; miserly HSK 7
腥 腥 xīng fishy (smell) HSK 7
传承 傳承 chuán chéng to pass on (to future generations); passed on (from former times); a continued tradition; an inheritance HSK 7