Taiwan Mandarin

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撲鼻

pū bí·ㄆㄨㄅㄧˊ

“(of a smell) striking the nose; rushing into the nostrils”

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To pounce on or throw oneself at someone or something; to flap or flutter wings; to pat or brush away; to strike or beat; to devote oneself to.

The nose, the organ of smell; a projecting part of an object; a small hole; a point of land jutting into the sea; a Kangxi radical.

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