wén shàng qùdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to smell of sth / to smell like sth
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Original source entry:

聞上去 闻上去 [wen2 shang4 qu4] /to smell of sth/to smell like sth/

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Other forms in these source records: 聞上去

  • 闻
    wén

    to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at

    Wén

    surname Wen

  • 上
    shǎng

    used in 上聲|上声[shǎng shēng]

    shàng

    (bound form) up / upper / above / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on / above

  • 去
    qù

    to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

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