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肸蠁

简肸蚃 · 繁肸蠁

Mandarin · pinyin xī xiǎng

(literary) (of a sound, fragrance etc) to fill the air

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肸: xī · spread out; smiling or laughing
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1–3 · xi1 xiang3

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verb

(literary, of laughter, fragrance, etc.) to spread; to diffuse; to fill the air
(literary) to receive divine inspiration

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