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烧香

shāo xiāng

2-character word Traditional 燒香

What 烧香 means

1. to burn incense

The characters in 烧香

• 烧shāoto burn; to set on fire; to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc); to braise
• 香xiāngfragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic

Words starting with 烧香

• 烧香拜佛shāo xiāng bài Fóto burn incense and worship Buddha

Words containing 烧香

• 拣佛烧香jiǎn fó shāo xiāngto choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right…
• 平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚píng shí bù shāo xiāng , lín shí bào fó jiǎo(lit.) to never burn incense when all's well, but clutch Buddha's feet in a crisis…