口齿生香
kǒu​chǐ​shēng​xiāng

profound and significant text; lasting fragrance

  • created sense approved 口齿生香/口齒生香 · kǒu​chǐ​shēng​xiāng · profound and significant text; lasting fragrance — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    口齿生香 / 口齒生香

    kǒu​chǐ​shēng​xiāng

    profound and significant text; lasting fragrance

    (idiom) describing writing that is eloquent and meaningful, or food that leaves a pleasant and lasting aftertaste; literally "mouth and teeth produce fragrance"

    口齿 (literal) → 口齿/口齒 · kǒu​chǐ · mouth and teeth 生 (literal) → 生 · shēng · to give rise to 香 (literal) → 香 · xiāng · fragrant

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense