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  *省* | 省* | *省
to save; to economize; to be frugal / to omit; to delete; to leave out / province / provincial capital / a ministry (of the Japanese government)
HSK 2
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  *生* | 生* | *生
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student
HSK 2
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  *胜* | 胜* | *胜
victory / success / to beat / to defeat / to surpass / victorious / superior to / to get the better of / better than / surpassing / superb (of vista) / beautiful (scenery) / wonderful (view) / (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear / equal to (a task)
HSK 3
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  *升* | 升* | *升
to ascend; to rise / to promote; to elevate / liter / unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou )
HSK 3
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  *升* | 升* | *升
to ascend; to rise (variant of ) / to promote; to elevate (variant of )
HSK 3
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  *升* | 升* | *升
to ascend; to rise (variant of ) / to promote; to elevate (variant of )
HSK 3
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  *声* | 声* | *声
sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds
HSK 5
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  *剩* | 剩* | *剩
to remain / to be left / to have as remainder
HSK 5
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  *剩* | 剩* | *剩
variant of
HSK 5
Chen Sheng (died 208 BC), Qin dynasty rebel, leader of the Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising 陳勝吳廣起義|陈胜吴广起义
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  *盛* | 盛* | *盛
surname Sheng
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  *盛* | 盛* | *盛
flourishing / vigorous / magnificent / extensively
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  *晟* | 晟* | *晟
brightness of sun / splendor / also pr. [cheng2]
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  *合* | 合* | *合
100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng or liter, or one-hundredth dou
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  *乘* | 乘* | *乘
(archaic) four horse military chariot / (archaic) four / generic term for history books
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  *甥* | 甥* | *甥
(bound form) sister's son; nephew
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  *笙* | 笙* | *笙
sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes
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  *昇* | 昇* | *昇
(used as a surname and in given names)
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  *嵊* | 嵊* | *嵊
name of a district in Zhejiang
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  *牲* | 牲* | *牲
domestic animal / sacrificial animal
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  *竽* | 竽* | *竽
free reed wind instrument similar to the sheng , used in ancient China
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  *眚* | 眚* | *眚
cataract of the eye / error
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  *渑* | 渑* | *渑
name of a river in Shandong
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  *泩* | 泩* | *泩
rising of water
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  *鼪* | 鼪* | *鼪
stoat / weasel
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  *呏* | 呏* | *呏
gallon / quart
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  *剰* | 剰* | *剰
Japanese variant of
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  *㗂* | 㗂* | *㗂
variant of / tight-lipped / to examine / to watch / to scour (esp. Cantonese)
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  *縄* | 縄* | *縄
Japanese variant of 繩|绳
Kang Sheng (1896-1975), Chinese communist leader, a politburo member during the Cultural Revolution and posthumously blamed for some of its excesses
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  *曻* | 曻* | *曻
variant of 昇|升
old reed wind instrument / (possibly used erroneously for konghou 箜篌 harp or 笙簧 sheng)
Wei Sheng (legendary character who waited for his love under a bridge until he was drowned in the surging waters) / sb who keeps to their word no matter what
Wu Guang (died 208 BC), Qin dynasty rebel, leader of the Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising 陳勝吳廣起義|陈胜吴广起义
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  *圣* | 圣* | *圣
(bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc) / (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc) / (bound form) holy; sacred
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  *圣* | 圣* | *圣
old variant of 聖|圣
Bi Sheng (990-1051), inventor of movable type
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  *绳* | 绳* | *绳
rope / CL:
Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising (209 BC), near the end of the Qin dynasty


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