created sense approved 烧香/燒香 · shāoxiāng · to burn incense — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
烧香 / 燒香
shāoxiāng
to burn incense
to burn incense sticks when praying to gods or ancestors
烧, 香
烧 (literal) → 烧/燒 · shāo · to burn 香 (literal) → 香 · xiāng · incense
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 烧香/燒香 · shāoxiāng · to curry favor — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
烧香 / 燒香
shāoxiāng
to curry favor
to give gifts or do favors for powerful people in order to get help or get something done
烧, 香
烧 (literal) → 烧/燒 · shāo · to burn 香 (literal) → 香 · xiāng · incense
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition