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異香撲鼻

简异香扑鼻 · 繁異香撲鼻

Mandarin · pinyin yì xiāng pū bí

exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)

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異: Look up this written character
香: xiāng · fragrant, sweet-smelling; incense; Kangxi radical 186
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鼻: bí · nose; first; Kangxi radical 209
异: yì · different, unusual, strange
扑: pū · pound, beat, strike; attack

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4–1–1–2 · yi4 xiang1 pu1 bi2

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ji6 hoeng1 pok3 bei6

Cantonese word readings for 異香撲鼻. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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