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色香味俱全
  sik1 hoeng1 mei6 keoi1 cyun4   jyutping
  se4 xiang1 wei4 ju4 quan2   pinyin
mouthwatering
Used in reference to food, describes a dish for which the outward appearance, the fragrance, and the flavour are all good, lit. colour/appearance, fragrance, flavour, complete/all present

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
色香味俱全

This word has been viewed 1543 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Yeegs on 15th Sep 2005 03:38 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 sik1  -  colour
 hoeng1  -  fragrant; aromatic
 mei6  -  taste; flavour; smell; interest; reflect on
 keoi1  -  all; completely; entirely
 cyun4  -  perfect, whole, total
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