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a sage / wise and holy man / virtuous ruler / Buddhist lama / wine
HSK 7-9
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  *聖* | 聖* | *聖
(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
Holy Trinity / trinity
to honor sb as a God (idiom); to revere / to worship / to deify / to make a holy cow of sth / to put sb on a pedestal
divine / hallow / holy / sacred
HSK 7-9
(Tw) whoa!; holy crap! jeez! (from Taiwanese 我哭, Tai-lo pr. [goá khàu], "I cry!")
Holy Ghost / Holy Spirit
the Emperor's body / Holy body / the current reigning Emperor
the Papacy; the Vatican; the Holy See
Buddha's tooth (as a holy relic)
pure and holy
to think of oneself as high and pure (idiom); smug and self-righteous / holier-than-thou
(old) image of Confucius / holy image (of Buddha or Jesus Christ etc)
El Niño (meteorology) / Holy Infant (Christianity)
holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum) (loanword from Thai "kaphrao") (used as an attributive in the names of Thai-style "phat kaphrao" dishes to indicate that the main ingredient is stir-fried with basil, as in 打拋豬|打抛猪, stir-fried pork with basil)
Holy Son / Jesus Christ / God the Son (in the Christian Trinity)
the Confucian classics / (Christianity, Judaism) the holy scriptures / CL: ,
Vatican City, capital of Holy See
holy land (of a religion) / sacred place / shrine / holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc) / center of historic interest
chrism / holy anointing oil
Charlemagne (c. 747-c. 814), King of the Franks, Holy Roman Emperor from 800
Holy Grail
Holy City
feudal term of praise for ruler, king or emperor / general term for saint in former times / term for God during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国 / Holy Spirit (in Christian Trinity)
Holy Communion; Eucharist
Holy Grail
Holy war / jihad
a pilgrimage to a holy mountain
to make a pilgrimage (to visit a holy site) / to go on a sightseeing tour
Holy sacrament / Christian rite (esp. Catholic) / also called 聖禮|圣礼 by Protestants
Qom (holy city in Iran)
Holy week / Easter week (esp. Catholic)
holy water
chrism / holy anointing oil
holy one / saint
the Church (as Royal Court) / the Holy See / the Vatican
holy relic / miracle
Shanbei, northern Shaanxi province, including Yulin 榆林 and Yan'an 延安, a Holy Land of Mao's revolution 革命聖地|革命圣地
Holy mystery / Holy sacrament (of Orthodox church)
the Holy Roman Empire (history)
(Christianity) to be sanctified; to become holy
Najaf (city in Iraq, a Shia holy city)
Whit Sunday (Christian Festival celebrating the Holy Spirit)
Holy Father / God the Father (in the Christian Trinity)
holy book
arhat (Sanskrit) / a holy man who has left behind all earthly desires and concerns and attained nirvana (Buddhism)
Hagia Sophia (Greek: Holy wisdom)
the body and blood of Christ / Holy communion
Holy sacrament / Christian rite (esp. Protestant) / also called 聖事|圣事 by Catholics
lit. holy scripture and biography of sage (idiom); refers to Confucian canonical texts


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