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Christmas time / Christmas season / Christmas
HSK 6
divine / hallow / holy / sacred
HSK 7-9
a sage / wise and holy man / virtuous ruler / Buddhist lama / wine
HSK 7-9
San Antonio, Texas
San Jose
Shengzu, temple name of the second Qing emperor, known as the Kangxi Emperor (1654-1722) / cf. 康熙
divine ancester / patron saint
Christmas / birthday of reigning Emperor / Confucius' birthday
All Saints (Christian festival)
Saint Petersburg (city in Russia)
the Confucian classics / (Christianity, Judaism) the holy scriptures / CL: ,
great sage / mahatma / king / emperor / outstanding personage / Buddha
the Virgin Mary
goddess
temple
St George
St Paul / São Paulo, city in Brazil
Holy Grail
saint
Holy war / jihad
pure and holy
holy land (of a religion) / sacred place / shrine / holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc) / center of historic interest
the Emperor's body / Jesus' body / communion wafer (in Christian mass)
sacred fire; (esp.) the Olympic flame
to make a pilgrimage
Santiago, capital of Chile / San Diego, California
holy water
hymn
courtier's or minister's form of address for the current Emperor
sage
sacred writing / canon
priesthood
Holy Ghost / Holy Spirit
San Salvador, capital of El Salvador
divine physician / sage doctor / highly skilled practitioner
Santa Fe
imperial edict
enlightened sage / brilliant master (flattering words applied to ruler)
Second Sage, traditional title of Mencius 孟子 in Confucian studies
Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空 in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
Sao Tome, capital of Sao Tome and Principe
Holy Communion; Eucharist
sage
San Marino
San Juan, capital of Puerto Rico
panacea
Saint Lucia
Saint Peter
imperial edict / see also 上諭|上谕
Holy sacrament / Christian rite (esp. Protestant) / also called 聖事|圣事 by Catholics
holy one / saint
sage's instructions / imperial edict
lit. holy scripture and biography of sage (idiom); refers to Confucian canonical texts
covenant
sage ruler
sundae (loanword)
the current imperial dynasty / one's own court
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)
supreme goodness / (respectful term for sb's mother)
the Emperor's body / Holy body / the current reigning Emperor
Hagia Sophia (the main cathedral of Constantinople, subsequently the major mosque of Istanbul)
holy relic / miracle
sanctify / sanctification / consecrate
Holy Father / God the Father (in the Christian Trinity)
El Niño (meteorology) / Holy Infant (Christianity)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
great calligraphy master / the Sage of Calligraphy, traditional reference to Wang Xizhi 王羲之 (303-361)
São Tomé and Príncipe
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Holy sacrament / Christian rite (esp. Catholic) / also called 聖禮|圣礼 by Protestants
Christmas Island, Australia
Father Christmas; Santa Claus
hymn
immortal body (of born again Daoist)
Saint John
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to dig
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(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
Mary (mother of Jesus)
dimples of Venus / back dimples
Ye Shengtao (1894-1988), writer and editor, known esp. for children's books
Holy Grail
Halloween
Santa Cruz
pilgrim
Halloween (abbr. for 萬聖節前夜|万圣节前夜)
Santa hat
Saint Helena
St John's, capital of Labrador and Newfoundland province, Canada
the Holy Roman Empire (history)
Saint Patrick
Christmas eve
St Augustine / Aurelius Augustinus (354-430), theologian and Christian philosopher / Sankt Augustin, suburb of Beuel, Bonn, Germany
the Sage of intoxication / refers to Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai 李白 (701-762)
baptism (Christian ceremony)
(Tw) San Jose
sacred / inviolable
St Lawrence River, Canada
Sint Maarten, island country in the Caribbean
the Four Noble Truths (Buddhism) / see also 四諦|四谛 and 苦集滅道|苦集灭道

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