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尝鲜

cháng xiān

2-character word Traditional 嘗鮮

What 尝鲜 means

1. to taste (fresh food or a delicacy)
2. (fig.) to try sth new

The characters in 尝鲜

• 尝chángto taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once
• 鲜xiānfresh; bright (in color); delicious

Sounds the same

Read cháng xiān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 长籼long-grained rice (Indian rice, as opposed to round-grained rice)

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