滋 味 zī wèi taste / flavor / feeling 趣 味 qù wèi fun / interest / delight / taste / liking / preference 审 美 shěn měi esthetics / appreciating the arts / taste 品 味 pǐn wèi to sample / to taste / to appreciate / one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc) / good taste 品 位 pǐn wèi rank / grade / quality / (aesthetic) taste 情 调 qíng diào sentiment / tone and mood / taste 口 感 kǒu gǎn taste / texture (of food) / how food feels in the mouth 领 教 lǐng jiào much obliged / thank you / to ask advice / (ironically or humorously) to experience / to taste 味 儿 wèi r taste 兴 味 xìng wèi interest / taste 好 恶 hào wù lit. likes and dislikes / preferences / taste 味 taste / smell / (fig.) (noun suffix) feel / quality / sense / (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription 滋 to grow / to nourish / to increase / to cause / juice / taste / (dialect) to spout / to spurt 咂 to sip / to smack one's lips / to taste / to savor 呫 to drink / to sip / to taste / to lick / whisper / petty 试 饮 shì yǐn to taste (wine etc) 尝 鲜 cháng xiān to taste (fresh food or a delicacy) / to try sth new 大 方 dà fang generous / magnanimous / stylish / in good taste / easy-mannered / natural and relaxed 款 式 kuǎn shi elegant / elegance / good taste 品 尝 pǐn cháng to taste a small amount / to sample 领 略 lǐng lu:è to have a taste of / to realize / to appreciate 可 口 kě kǒu tasty / to taste good 原 味 yuán wèi authentic taste / plain cooked / natural flavor (without spices and seasonings) 体 味 tǐ wèi body odor / to appreciate a subtle taste 雅 致 yǎ zhì elegant / refined / in good taste 对 口 duì kǒu (of two performers) to speak or sing alternately / to be fit for the purposes of a job or task / (of food) to suit sb's taste 相 中 xiāng zhòng to find to one's taste / to pick (after looking at) / Taiwan pr. [xiang4 zhong4] 甜 头 tián tou sweet taste (of power, success etc) / benefit 罗 刹 luó chà demon in Buddhism / poltergeist in temple that plays tricks on monks and has a taste for their food 品 茶 pǐn chá to taste tea / to sip tea 顺 口 shùn kǒu to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food) 品 茗 pǐn míng to taste tea / to sip tea 脾 胃 pí wèi spleen and stomach (digestive organs in TCM) / preferences / one's taste (e.g. in literature) 味 觉 wèi jué sense of taste / gustation 低 俗 dī sú vulgar / poor taste 俗 气 sú qì tacky / inelegant / in poor taste / vulgar / banal 苦 味 kǔ wèi bitter taste / bitterness 合 意 hé yì to suit one's taste / suitable / congenial / by mutual agreement 卧 薪 尝 胆 wò xīn cháng dǎn lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom) / fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge 媚 俗 mèi sú to cater to the public's taste / kitsch / commercial 味 蕾 wèi lěi taste bud(s) 官 能 guān néng function / capability / sense (i.e. the five senses of sight 視|视, hearing 聽|听, smell 嗅, taste 味 / and touch 觸|触) / faculty (i.e. specific ability) 秀 雅 xiù yǎ exquisite / in good taste 品 (bound form) article / commodity / product / goods / (bound form) grade / rank / kind / type / variety / character / disposition / nature / temperament / to taste sth / to sample / to criticize / to comment / to judge / to size up / fret (on a guitar or lute) 苦 口 kǔ kǒu lit. bitter taste (cf good medicine tastes bitter 良藥苦口|良药苦口) / fig. earnestly (of warning, advice) 顺 嘴 shùn zuǐ to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food) 嘴 尖 zuǐ jiān sharp-tongued / to have a keen sense of taste / to be picky about one's food 甘 味 gān wèi sweetness / sweet taste 醰 bitter taste in wine / rich / full flavored 漤 to soak (fruits) in hot water or limewater to remove astringent taste / to marinate in salt etc / to pickle 投 其 所 好 tóu qí suǒ hào to adapt to sb's taste / to fit sb's fancy 以 眼 还 眼 yǐ yǎn huán yǎn an eye for an eye (idiom) / fig. to use the enemy's methods against him / to give sb a taste of his own medicine 好 奇 尚 异 hào qí shàng yì to have a taste for the exotic (idiom) 珍 馐 美 馔 zhēn xiū měi zhuàn delicacy and fine taste (idiom) / a wonderful treat 请 君 入 瓮 qǐng jūn rù wèng lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom) / fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine 齿 颊 生 香 chǐ jiá shēng xiāng lit. to feel the taste in one's mouth (idiom) / fig. to water at the mouth / to drool in anticipation 品 酒 pǐn jiǔ to taste wine / to sip wine 粗 劣 作 品 cū liè zuò pǐn kitsch / vulgar art / art in bad taste 庸 俗 作 品 yōng sú zuò pǐn vulgar art / art in bad taste / kitsch 有 眼 光 yǒu yǎn guāng to have good taste 一 回 生 ， 二 回 熟 yī huí shēng , èr huí shú lit. at first raw, later ripe (idiom) / unfamiliar at first but you get used to it / strangers at first meeting, but soon friends / awkward at first but becoming skillful later / an acquired taste 一 次 生 ， 两 次 熟 yī cì shēng , liǎng cì shú unfamiliar at first but you get used to it / strangers are first meeting, but soon friends / an acquired taste 人 各 有 所 好 rén gè yǒu suǒ hào everyone has their likes and dislikes / there is no accounting for taste / chacun son goût 以 其 人 之 道 ， 还 治 其 人 之 身 yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhu1 Xi1]) / to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game / to give sb a taste of his own medicine 以 眼 还 眼 ， 以 牙 还 牙 yǐ yǎn huán yǎn , yǐ yá huán yá an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom) / fig. to use the enemy's methods against him / to give sb a taste of his own medicine 对 胃 口 duì wèi kǒu to one's taste / to one's liking 提 味 tí wèi to improve taste / to make sth palatable 洋 味 yáng wèi Western taste / Western style 珍 馐 美 味 zhēn xiū měi wèi delicacy and fine taste (idiom) / a wonderful treat 脱 涩 tuō sè to remove astringent taste 落 俗 luò sú to show poor taste 蟠 桃 胜 会 pán táo shèng huì a victory banquet to taste the peaches of immortality of Goddess Xi Wangmu 西王母 顺 嘴 儿 shùn zuǐ r to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food) 色 香 味 俱 全 sè xiāng wèi jù quán to smell, look and taste great 味 觉 迟 钝 wèi jué chí dùn amblygeustia / loss of food taste 凑 趣 còu qù to comply in order to please others / to accommodate sb else's taste / to make fun of 咂 摸 zā mo (dialect) to savor / to test the taste of / (fig.) to ponder upon / to mull over 尝 粪 cháng fèn to taste a patient's excrement (a form of medical examination, seen as an act of loyalty or filial piety) / to suck up to sb / to kiss ass 是 味 儿 shì wèi r (of food) to have the right taste / (of people) to feel at ease 强 扭 的 瓜 不 甜 qiǎng niǔ de guā bù tián lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom) / fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen 盲 品 máng pǐn blind taste testing 舌 乳 头 shé rǔ tóu lingual papillae / taste buds 土 腥 tǔ xīng (of a taste or smell) earthy
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