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Usage of the character 薰

xūn
[薰]
  • sweet-smelling grass
  • Coumarouna odorata
  • tonka beans
  • coumarin
xūn
[薰]
  • fragrance
  • warm
  • to educate
  • variant of 熏 (xūn)
  • to smoke
  • to fumigate
Xiǎo Xūn
小薰
[小薰]
  • Xiao Xun (1989-), Taiwan actress
xiāngxūn
香薰
[香薰]
  • aromatherapy
xūnxīn
熏心
[薰心]
  • (of greed, lust etc) to dominate one's thoughts
xūntáo
熏陶
[薰陶]
  • to seep in
  • to influence
  • to nurture
  • influence
  • training
xūnyīcǎo
薰衣草
[薰衣草]
  • lavender
quányùxūnxīn
权欲熏心
[權慾薰心]
  • obsessed by a craving for power
  • power-hungry
lìyùxūnxīn
利欲熏心
[利慾薰心]
  • blinded by greed (idiom)
lìlùxūnxīn
利禄薰心
[利祿薰心]
  • to be eager for wealth and emolument (idiom)
xūnyóubùtóngqì
薰莸不同器
[薰蕕不同器]
  • lit. fragrant herbs and foul herbs do not go into the same vessel (idiom)
  • bad people and good people do not mix