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lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom) / fig. the transformations of the world
mulberry fruit (Fructus mori)
Tucson (city in Arizona)
Arizona
Tanzania
(loanword) sauna
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *桑* | 桑* | *桑
surname Sang
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *桑* | 桑* | *桑
(bound form) mulberry tree
mama-san, middle-aged woman who runs a brothel, bar etc (loanword from Japanese); madam
to have been through the hardships of life / to have been through the mill
mulberry tree, with leaves used to feed silkworms
state of Arizona
older female / woman of mature years (Japanese loanword)
lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree / fig. to scold sb indirectly / to make oblique accusations (idiom)
samba (dance) (loanword)
Zanzibar
mulberry fruit (Fructus mori)
Sandra (name)
older man / man of mature years (Japanese loanword)
Samye town and monastery in central Tibet
Mozambique
Sangjian by the Pu River, a place in the ancient state of Wei known for wanton behavior / lovers' rendezvous
Lausanne (city in Switzerland)
a model of Volkswagen Santana based on the Passat B2 / Poussin (name)
silkworm
Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), French novelist and short story writer
Sangzhi, a county in Zhangjiajie City 張家界市|张家界市, Hunan
great changes / ups and downs / vicissitudes / abbr. of 滄海桑田|沧海桑田
HSK 7-9
a sense of having been through good times and bad / a weathered and worn look
(literary) one's native place
Fusang, mythical island of ancient literature, often interpreted as Japan
Hassan or Hasan (personal name or place name)
(surname) Sanders
South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands
Tunmi Sanghuzha (6th century AD), originator of the Tibetan script
Sandnes (city in Rogaland, Norway)
Moraceae (type of flowering plant)
having lived through many changes
Sandinista National Liberation Front
Sampaio (name) / Jorge Sampaio (1939-), Portuguese lawyer and politician, president of Portugal 1996-2006 / Sampaio, town in Brazil
Nissan, Japanese car make
Sassanid Empire of Persia (c. 2nd-7th century AD)
mulberry farming / to grow mulberry for sericulture
Arizona
The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River, proletarian novel by Ding Ling, winner of 1951 Stalin prize
Sandefjord (city in Vestfold, Norway)
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) American novelist and short story writer
Cassandra (given name) / Cassandra (character in Greek mythology)
Santana (name)
Kisangani (city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Songhay people of Mali and the Sahara
lit. blue seas where once was mulberry fields (idiom, from 史記|史记, Record of the Grand Historian); time brings great changes / life's vicissitudes
Santorini (volcanic island in the Aegean sea)
(sports) (loanword) sambo
Santander, capital of Spanish autonomous region Cantabria 坎塔布里亞|坎塔布里亚
sauna (loanword)
Sangiovese (grape type)
to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom) / to compensate later for one's earlier loss / what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
silk (specifically, mulberry silk)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *桒* | 桒* | *桒
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