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尝
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Definitions
- 1. to taste; to try (food)
- 2. to experience
- 3. (literary) ever; once
Example Sentences
1 shown你要 尝 尝 吗？
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 尝
not ever
(rhetorical question) when?
to taste a patient's excrement (a form of medical examination, seen as an act of loyalty or filial piety)
to taste a small amount
lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Gou Jian of Yue 勾踐|勾践[gōu jiàn]), in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom)
to taste (fresh food or a delicacy)
to have suffered all kinds of hardships (idiom)
to merely have a sip or a bite (of one's food or drink)
to try; to attempt
Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and of Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
to enjoy fully
lit. to stop after taking just a sip (idiom); fig. to gain only a superficial knowledge of sth and then stop
to experience one's full share of sorrows (idiom)