「沉香當爛柴 / 上好沉香當爛柴」
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Individual Character Meaning: |
沉 to sink; to submerge; gloomy; heavy; (of sounds) deep; low-pitched 香 smell good; incense; joss stick; fragrant; sweet-smelling; aromatic; scented 當 as; consider; when; while; just at; to work as; to serve as; to undertake; to face; to be situated in; to consider; to treat as; to think of; to pawn an item; should; ought to; suitable; just 爛 broken; incomplete; damaged; mashed; sodden; overcooked; bad; of low quality; messy; to rot; to go bad; very; extremely; overly; bright; eye-catching 柴 firewood; chevron; stripes of rank |
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to waste valuable goods; literally: to take agarwood as decayed firewood
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