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五香

Mandarin · pinyin wǔ xiāng

five spice seasoned
incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)

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五: wǔ · five; surname
香: xiāng · fragrant, sweet-smelling; incense; Kangxi radical 186

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3–1 · wu3 xiang1

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noun

five spices (fennel, cinnamon, clove, star aniseed and prickly ash)
ngo hiang (a dish in Hokkien and Teochew cuisine, traditionally consisting of a pork filling wrapped in beancurd skin and deep-fried)

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