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sun / sunlight; sunshine / temple (on the side of the human head) (abbr. for 太陽穴|太阳穴)
HSK 2
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  *太* | 太* | *太
highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely
HSK 1
elderly lady (respectful) / esteemed mother / CL:
HSK 3
married woman / Mrs. / Madam / wife / CL: 個|个,
HSK 2
outer space
HSK 5
the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology
HSK 7-9
Ethereum
(loanword) ether (hypothetical medium that transmits light waves)
shadowboxing or Taiji, T'aichi or T'aichichuan / traditional form of physical exercise or relaxation / a martial art
HSK 7-9
Ming Taizu, temple name of first Ming emperor Hongwu 洪武
ministerial title in imperial China (in the Qin and Han dynasties, the minister responsible for the imperial stables)
solar cell
see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙
Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation organization / APEC
very good
(bird species of China) black-throated sunbird (Aethopyga saturata)
space tourism
spaceship
Ethernet
solar energy
HSK 6
to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc) / to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it)
HSK 7-9
Asia-Pacific
(loanword) fentanyl
spacesuit
Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908
APEC (Asia Pacific economic cooperation)
Asia-Pacific region
Emperor Taizong of Tang, reign name of second Tang emperor Li Shimin 李世民 (599-649), reigned 626-649
peace and security
HSK 7-9
peace and prosperity (idiom)
sunlight
temple (on the sides of human head)
diagram of cosmological scheme / Yin-Yang symbol ☯
Pacific War between Japan and the US, 1941-1945
Tai Sui, God of the year / archaic name for the planet Jupiter 木星 / nickname for sb who is the most powerful in an area
(loanword) (film) montage
great-grandmother
Sun God / Apollo
solar system
solar panel
Pacific Ocean
Taiping district of Fuxin city 阜新市, Liaoning
title of respect for taoists
Mt Taibai in Shaanxi
posthumous title of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤 (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金 (from 1616)
sunflower (Helianthus annuus) / rose moss (Portulaca grandiflora)
Taihang Mountains on the border between Hebei and Shanxi
see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙
Taimali township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
sunglasses
Pacific Rim
space shuttle
Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
governor of a province
imperial tutor
astronaut
Jew
Taibai County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡, Shaanxi / Venus
crown prince
Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty)
sunshower
Space Shuttle, US spacecraft system (1981-2011)
spaceship / spacecraft
lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom) / fig. hell freezes over / pigs can fly
sunglasses
(idiom) to bully intolerably
outer space
concubine
(Tw) Ethernet
APEC (organization)
not so good / not too well
Taiyuan, prefecture-level city and capital of Shanxi Province 山西省
mortuary / morgue
Indo-Pacific (from 印度洋 and 太平洋)
Lake Tai near Wuxi City 無錫|无锡, bordering on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one of China's largest freshwater lakes
Venus (planet)
cornstarch / potato starch
space exploration
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
space walk
princelings, descendants of senior communist officials (PRC)
great-grandfather / (old) grandfather / father
Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲 in 227 BC
Sun Microsystems
place name
Taihu, a county in Anqing City 安慶市|安庆市, Anhui
(Internet slang) TL;DR
Princess Taiping (c. 665-713), Tang Dynasty princess, politically powerful and known for her beauty
Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864), a massive rebellion in southern China against the Qing Dynasty, led by Hong Xiuquan 洪秀全, who sought to establish the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国, resulting in one of the deadliest conflicts in history with millions of casualties
space capsule / ejection capsule (cabin)
The Sun (the name of various newspapers, notably in the UK and in Hong Kong)
solar cell
parabolic heater; heat dish
(bird species of China) Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
the Moon (esp. in Daoism)
suncake (small round cake made with flaky pastry and a maltose filling, originally from Taichung, Taiwan)
solar wind

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