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烧香

燒香
shāo xiāng

Meanings

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shāo xiāng
  1. 1.to burn incense

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to burn incense (before an altar of an idol or an ancestor)
  2. 2.to bribe

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Components

烧火尧
香禾日

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Characters

烧香

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Synonyms

炷香焚香燃香點香点香上香降香裝香敬香

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Derived terms

平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳 / 平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚揀佛燒香拣佛烧香燒香磕頭烧香磕头磕頭燒香磕头烧香窮算命，富燒香穷算命，富烧香

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Related words

烧香拜佛 to burn incense and worship Buddha拣佛烧香 to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚 (lit.) to never burn incense when all's well, but clutch Buddha's feet in a crisis (proverb)