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dormitory / dorm room / living quarters / hostel / CL: 間|间
HSK 5
to stay at / lodging / accommodation
HSK 7-9
lit. to eat in the open air and sleep outdoors (idiom) / fig. to rough it
HSK 7-9
place to return to / home / final destination / ending
HSK 7-9
Cebu (province in the Philippines)
(astronomy) Spica
to stay with sb / to ask for lodging
(biology) host
board and lodging / room and board
HSK 7-9
the twenty-eight constellations
to stay; to lodge; to board
lit. to rest and fly together (idiom) / fig. to live in each other's pockets / to be inseparable
boarder
Rigel (star) / lit. seventh star of the Three Stars Chinese constellation
predestination / karma
long-cherished wish
fatalism / fatalistic
constellation (arch., now 星座) / one of the 28 constellations of traditional Chinese astronomy and astrology / motion of stars since one's birth (predetermining one's fate in astrology)
to put up a guest / to stay overnight
to stay out all night (idiom)
Suzhou, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省
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  *宿* | 宿* | *宿
surname Su
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lodge for the night / old / former
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night / classifier for nights
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constellation
long-standing abuse / continuing fraud
(Buddhism) predestined relationship
open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything / ingenuous
chronic ailment
Cebuano (aka Bisaya), language spoken in parts of the Philippines
Sucheng, a district of Suqian City 宿遷市|宿迁市, Jiangsu
Susong, a county in Anqing City 安慶市|安庆市, Anhui
Bond (Chinese constellation)
formerly / in the past
old enemy
dormitory building / CL: ,
Suyu, a district of Suqian City 宿遷市|宿迁市, Jiangsu
(orthographic borrowing from Japanese 民宿 "minshuku") property rented via Airbnb or similar platform; guesthouse; bed-and-breakfast; homestay; pension
Suqian, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省
to camp; to bivouac / to lodge
boarding school
to lodge / to stay (for the night)
Shinjuku, Tokyo
Xingxiuhai Basin in Qinghai, more than 4000m above sea level, featuring numerous lakes large and small
to visit a prostitute
Three Stars (Chinese constellation)
number 20 of the 28 constellations 二十八宿, approx. Orion 獵戶座|猎户座
perennial root (botany)
to lodge / to stay (for the night)
hangover
veteran general
grass that has grown on a grave since last year / (fig.) grave / to have died long ago / fodder provided to animals for the night
Cebu, a province (and a city) in the Philippines (Tw)
on night duty
Cebuano (aka Bisaya), language spoken in parts of the Philippines (Tw)
venerable old person
experienced scholar / old expert in the field
(Buddhism) recollection of past lives / wisdom of past lives (one of six supernatural powers of Buddhas and arhats)
Onsu nahiyisi (Wensu county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, west Xinjiang
Onsu nahiyisi (Wensu county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, west Xinjiang
to fornicate / to rape
hangover
Pleiades M45
lodging house
long-held opinion / long-cherished view
(ancient) to lodge for two nights
predestined relationship
an old grudge / old scores to settle
camp; campsite
Aldebaran or Alpha Tauri
renowned senior figure; luminary; legend (in academia, sport etc)
feud / vendetta / old foe
to stay overnight
Antares, the brightest star in Scorpio 天蠍座|天蝎座
old promises / unfulfilled promises
to sleep outdoors / to spend the night in the open
previous life
old hatred
to spend the night at a brothel
long-standing debt
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old variant of 宿


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