稻香 (dàoxiāng): Dàoxiāng ('Rice Fragrance', 200…

Meanings

1 Dàoxiāng ('Rice Fragrance', 2008 Jay Chou song)
2 fragrance of rice / ripening paddy

Characters

稻

Examples

《稻香》鼓励人们珍惜当下。

《Dàoxiāng》 gǔlì rénmen zhēnxī dāngxià.

'Rice Fragrance' encourages people to treasure the present.

秋天的田野飘着稻香。

Qiūtiān de tiányě piāo zhe dàoxiāng.

The autumn fields are filled with the fragrance of ripening rice.

Tips

culture

2008 single by 周杰伦, released just after the Sichuan earthquake and the global financial crisis. Chorus 还记得你说家是唯一的城堡随着稻香河流继续奔跑 ('remember you said home is our only castle, running along the rice-fragrant river') urges listeners to return to simple things. Official MV pays tribute to rural childhood.

usage

The compound 稻香 itself is common in literature for the sweet smell of ripening rice paddies; the Jay Chou song made it a shared symbol of nostalgia and home.