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香餑餑

简香饽饽 · 繁香餑餑

Mandarin · pinyin xiāng bō bo

delicious cakes
popular person
sth that is in high demand

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香: xiāng · fragrant, sweet-smelling; incense; Kangxi radical 186
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饽: bō · ferrule

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1–1–5 · xiang1 bo1 bo5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hoeng1 but6 but6

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noun

(literally) fragrant-smelling steamed bun; delicious cake
(figurative) person or thing that is in popular demand; hot cakes

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