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稻花香

dàohuāxiāng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Daohuaxiang (Hubei baijiu brand)
  2. 2 fragrance of rice flowers (literal)

Examples

HSK 5
晚宴上开了一瓶稻花香。
Wǎnyàn shàng kāi le yì píng Dàohuāxiāng.
At the dinner we opened a bottle of Daohuaxiang.
HSK 7-9
夜风里飘来一阵稻花香。
Yè fēng lǐ piāo lái yízhèn dàohuāxiāng.
A waft of rice-flower fragrance drifted in on the night breeze.

Tips

culture
Most commonly a Hubei baijiu brand (稻花香酒业, Yichang). The name is borrowed from 辛弃疾's Song ci 《西江月·夜行黄沙道中》 - 稻花香里说丰年 ('amid the scent of rice flowers they speak of a good harvest').

In Pop Culture

辛弃疾 《西江月·夜行黄沙道中》 Xīn Qì jí 《 Xījiāng Yuè · Yè Xíng Huáng shā Dào Zhōng 》
Xin Qiji, 'Moon over West River: Walking the Huangsha Road at Night'
Southern Song ci whose line '稻花香里说丰年' is the literary source of both the phrase and the baijiu brand.

Stroke Order

稻 dào
花 huā
香 xiāng