香气扑鼻

xiāng qì pū bí

a delicious smell meets you; fragrant

Character by character

香xiāng
fragrant

气qì
air

扑pū
pounce

鼻bí
nose

一打开锅盖，香气扑鼻，全家人都围了过来。

The moment the lid came off, a wonderful smell hit us and the whole family crowded round.

Tone: positive (praise).

For food, flowers, tea or coffee: 扑 is to pounce, so the smell leaps at you. Never for bad smells; those are 臭气熏天.

Learn this in Lesson 11 · HSK 5: 过早：一天从早餐开始 (Breakfast, city by city)

A dialogue, a reading, word cards with audio and a drill that uses it, in Learn Chinese with Bao. The first lessons of every level are free.