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嘗鮮

简尝鲜 · 繁嘗鮮

Mandarin · pinyin cháng xiān

to taste (fresh food or a delicacy)
(fig.) to try sth new

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尝: cháng · taste; experience, experiment
鲜: xiān · fresh; delicious; attractive

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2–1 · chang2 xian1

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verb

to taste fresh food; to taste a delicacy; to taste what is just in season
(figurative) to have a taste or peek of what a new thing looks like; to seek excitement

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