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烧香
shāo​xiāng

to burn incense

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
烧香 燒香 shāo//xiāng
to burn incense
to burn incense sticks when praying to gods or ancestors
to curry favor
to give gifts or do favors for powerful people in order to get help or get something done

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.240 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
2.16 per million

Cross-References

Same as

  • 焚香 fén​xiāng

Sources

Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)