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滋味

Taste, flavour

Zi1wei4

难以言表

Difficult to describe with words

Nan1yi3yan2biao3

宁愿

Would rathet

Ning4yuan4

无疑

Doubtless; no doubt

Wu2yi2

承受

To bear, to accept, endure

Cheng2shou4

风言风语

Groundless talk

Feng1yan2feng1yu3

品尝

To taste, to carefully examine

Pin3chang2

非得

Must, have got to

Fei1dei3

恪守

Scrupulously(carefully) abide (act in accordance with) by

Ke4shou3

分清

To draw a clear distinction between

Fen1qing1

理智

Wise and sensible, reasonable

Li3zhi4