smell and taste

[bingfu]

> >
> In Spanish "Esto huele" (This smells) has a clear negative meaning
> (basically 'this is suspicious')' but "Esto sabe" is more ambiguous in
> the sense that it may have either a positive or a negative value.
>
  Modern Chinese 'smelly' (chou3, stinky) derives from Archaic 'smell(ly),
which is more neutral.

	Bingfu

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