"Taste" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 wèi dao flavor / taste / (fig.) feeling (of ...) / sense (of ...) / hint (of ...) / (fig.) interest / delight / (dialect) smell / odor
 zī wèi taste / flavor / feeling
 qù wèi fun / interest / delight / taste / liking / preference
 shěn měi esthetics / appreciating the arts / taste
 pǐn wèi to sample / to taste / to appreciate / one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc) / good taste
 pǐn wèi rank / grade / quality / (aesthetic) taste
 lǐng jiào much obliged / thank you / to ask advice / (ironically or humorously) to experience / to taste
 wèi r taste
 xìng wèi interest / taste
 hào wù lit. likes and dislikes / preferences / taste
 wèi taste / smell / (fig.) (noun suffix) feel / quality / sense / (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription
 zī to grow / to nourish / to increase / to cause / juice / taste / (dialect) to spout / to spurt
 zā to sip / to smack one's lips / to taste / to savor
 zhān to drink / to sip / to taste / to lick / whisper / petty
 shì yǐn to taste (wine etc)
 cháng xiān to taste (fresh food or a delicacy) / (fig.) to try sth new
 dà fang generous / magnanimous / stylish / in good taste / easy-mannered / natural and relaxed
 kuǎn shi elegant / elegance / good taste
 pǐn cháng to have a taste of / to sample
 lǐng lu:è to have a taste of / to realize / to appreciate
 kě kǒu tasty / to taste good
 yuán wèi authentic taste / plain cooked / natural flavor (without spices and seasonings)
 tǐ wèi body odor / to appreciate a subtle taste
 yǎ zhì elegant / refined / in good taste
 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
 xiāng zhòng to find to one's taste / to pick (after looking at) / Taiwan pr. [xiang4 zhong4]
 tián tou sweet taste (of power, success etc) / benefit
 luó chà demon in Buddhism / poltergeist in temple that plays tricks on monks and has a taste for their food
 pǐn chá to taste tea / to sip tea
 shùn kǒu to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food)
 pǐn míng to taste tea / to sip tea
 pí wèi spleen and stomach (digestive organs in TCM) / preferences / one's taste (e.g. in literature)
 wèi jué sense of taste / gustation
 dī sú vulgar / poor taste
 sú qì tacky / inelegant / in poor taste / vulgar / banal
 kǔ wèi bitter taste / bitterness
 hé yì to suit one's taste / suitable / congenial / by mutual agreement
 wò xīn cháng dǎn lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom) / fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge
 mèi sú to cater to the public's taste / kitsch / commercial
 wèi lěi taste bud(s)
 xiù yǎ exquisite / in good taste
 pǐn (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)
 kǔ kǒu lit. bitter taste (cf good medicine tastes bitter 良藥苦口|良药苦口) / fig. earnestly (of warning, advice)
 shùn zuǐ to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food)
 zuǐ jiān sharp-tongued / to have a keen sense of taste / to be picky about one's food
 gān wèi sweetness / sweet taste
 tán bitter taste in wine / rich / full flavored
 lǎn to soak (fruits) in hot water or limewater to remove astringent taste / to marinate in salt etc / to pickle
 tóu qí suǒ hào to adapt to sb's taste / to fit sb's fancy
 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
 hào qí shàng yì to have a taste for the exotic (idiom)
 zhēn xiū měi zhuàn delicacy and fine taste (idiom) / a wonderful treat
 qǐng jūn rù wèng lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom) / fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine
齿 chǐ jiá shēng xiāng lit. to feel the taste in one's mouth (idiom) / fig. to water at the mouth / to drool in anticipation
 pǐn jiǔ to taste wine / to sip wine
 cū liè zuò pǐn kitsch / vulgar art / art in bad taste
 yōng sú zuò pǐn vulgar art / art in bad taste / kitsch
 yǒu yǎn guāng to have good taste
 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
 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
 rén gè yǒu suǒ hào everyone has their likes and dislikes / there is no accounting for taste / chacun son goût
 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
 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
 duì wèi kǒu to one's taste / to one's liking
 tí wèi to improve taste / to make sth palatable
 yáng wèi Western taste / Western style
 zhēn xiū měi wèi delicacy and fine taste (idiom) / a wonderful treat
 tuō sè to remove astringent taste
 luò sú to show poor taste
 pán táo shèng huì a victory banquet to taste the peaches of immortality of Goddess Xi Wangmu 西王母
 shùn zuǐ r to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food)
 sè xiāng wèi jù quán to smell, look and taste great
 wèi jué chí dùn amblygeustia / loss of food taste
 còu qù to comply in order to please others / to accommodate sb else's taste / to make fun of
 zā mo (dialect) to savor / to test the taste of / (fig.) to ponder upon / to mull over
 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
 shì wèi r (of food) to have the right taste / (of people) to feel at ease
 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
 máng pǐn blind taste testing
 shé rǔ tóu lingual papillae / taste buds
 tǔ xīng (of a taste or smell) earthy
 shǎ guā gān miàn boiled noodles served without broth, topped with just a sprinkle of oil and some chopped spring onions, to which customers add vinegar, soy sauce or chili oil according to their taste
 gōng zhū yì wèi boar taint, the taste or odor of sweat or urine in pork from uncastrated pigs
 yī pǐn taste in clothes / dress sense / fashion sense
 zhū shān wèi boar taint, the taste or odor of sweat or urine in pork from uncastrated pigs
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