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pǐn (bound form) article; commodity; product; goods / (bound form) grade; rank / kind; type; variety / character; disposition; nature; temperament / to taste sth; to sample / to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up / fret (on a guitar or lute)
品尝 pǐn cháng to have a taste of; to sample
cháng to taste; to try (food) / to experience / (literary) ever; once
可口 kǒu tasty; to taste good
傻瓜干面 shǎ guā gān miàn boiled noodles served without broth, topped with just a sprinkle of oil and some chopped spring onions, to which customers add vinegar, soy sauce or chili oil according to their taste
喜好 hào to like / fond of / to prefer / to love / one's tastes / preference
品味 pǐn wèi to sample; to taste / to appreciate / one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc); good taste
一次生,两次熟 shēng , liǎng shú unfamiliar at first but you get used to it / strangers are first meeting, but soon friends / an acquired taste
嘴尖 zuǐ jiān sharp-tongued / to have a keen sense of taste / to be picky about one's food
媚俗 mèi to cater to the public's taste / kitsch / commercial
领略 lǐng lüè to have a taste of / to realize / to appreciate
体味 wèi body odor / to appreciate a subtle taste
卧薪尝胆 xīn cháng dǎn lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Goujian of Yue 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 jian4], in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom) / fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge
良药苦口 liáng yào kǒu good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow
以眼还眼,以牙还牙 yǎn huán yǎn , huán an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom) / fig. to use the enemy's methods against him / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
尝鲜 cháng xiān to taste (fresh food or a delicacy) / (fig.) to try sth new
品酒 pǐn jiǔ to taste wine / to sip wine
对口 duì kǒu (of two performers) to speak or sing alternately / to be fit for the purposes of a job or task / (of food) to suit sb's taste
以其人之道,还治其人之身 rén zhī dào , huán zhì rén zhī shēn to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhu1 Xi1]) / to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game; to give sb a taste of his own medicine
品茶 pǐn chá to taste tea / to sip tea
对胃口 duì wèi kǒu to one's taste / to one's liking
好奇尚异 hào shàng to have a taste for the exotic (idiom)
强扭的瓜不甜 qiǎng niǔ de guā tián lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom) / fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
to sip / to smack one's lips / to taste / to savor
食不知味 shí zhī wèi lit. to eat without tasting the food / worried or downhearted (idiom)


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