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sand / grit / CL: ,
HSK 3
sofa (loanword) / CL: 條|条, 張|张 / (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *沙* | 沙* | *沙
surname Sha
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *沙* | 沙* | *沙
granule / hoarse / raspy / sand / powder / CL: / abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *沙* | 沙* | *沙
(dialect) to sift; to sieve
desert / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
sergeant (loanword)
to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom) / to rehearse a planned action or activity / to conduct a dry run
Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
salted egg custard bun; lava bun (steamed bun with a sweet runny egg custard filling, a popular dim sum)
slushie / smoothie / crushed ice drink / frappucino
beach / sandy shore / CL:
HSK 7-9
Shahe, a county-level city in Xingtai City 邢臺市|邢台市, Hebei
Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang
to die in battle (idiom)
Saudi Arabia
Baisha (common place name) / Baisha Lizu autonomous county, Hainan / Baisha or Paisha township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县 (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
sand dune / sandy hill
sand and dust storm
Spratly Islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam
cultural desert
shawarma, Middle Eastern sandwich wrap (loanword)
Sha Tin town in New Territories, Hong Kong
couchsurfing / couchsurfer
czar (loanword)
salon (loanword)
HSK 7-9
sofa bed / sleeper sofa
Sansha, prefecture-level city in Hainan Province 海南省
sand and stones
satay (spicy peanut sauce), also spelled sate
hoarse; husky; raspy
desertification
sand table (military) / 3D terrain (or site) model (for real estate marketing, geography class etc) / sand tray (on which to write characters)
Baisha Lizu autonomous county, Hainan
fine sand
(computing) sandbox
(bird species of China) solitary snipe (Gallinago solitaria)
levofloxacin
rustle
Shawan district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市, Sichuan / Shawan county or Saven nahisi in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区, Xinjiang
Tsim Sha Tsui, urbanized area in Hong Kong
bean paste bun
(loanword) salad
sandbank / sandbar
red bean paste
(loanword) basa (Pangasius bocourti)
Sahara Desert
Paracel Islands, in the South China Sea
Shapingba, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆
countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)
silicon sand
chauvinism
sandbag / punching bag (trad. filled with sand) / sand dune / footbag; hacky sack
silt
(idiom) to attack sb by innuendo; to make insinuations
lit. to sort the gold from the sand (idiom) / fig. to separate the wheat from the chaff
Saybagh district (Uighur: Saybagh Rayoni) of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市, Xinjiang
sandy soil
Chinese pearleaf crabapple (Malus asiatica)
sea-buckthorn
hourglass / sand filter
Gobi Desert
wasabi (loanword) (Tw)
Shashi, a district of Jingzhou City 荊州市|荆州市, Hubei
swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
Baisha Lizu autonomous county, Hainan
Xinanzhongsha islands, Hainan
Jinsha, a county in Bijie City 畢節市|毕节市, Guizhou
laksa, spicy noodle soup of Southeast Asia
Tsarist Russia / abbr. for 沙皇俄國|沙皇俄国
cinnabar (used in TCM)
Gaza (territory adjacent to Israel and Egypt)
La Salle (used in the names of schools etc) / Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651-1719), French priest, founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
laksa, spicy noodle soup of Southeast Asia
(loanword) sarsaparilla (carbonated soft drink) / (HK) (loanword) SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)
sirloin steak
Tsarist Russia
sandworm
Salmonella
can't bear having grit in one's eye (idiom) / unable to put sth objectionable out of one's mind / not prepared to turn a blind eye
Gaza Strip
sandstorm
Changsha, prefecture-level city and capital of Hunan Province 湖南省
muscovite, mica (used in TCM)
sand content / quantity of sediment (carried by a river)
silkworm guano (excrement)
Macclesfield Bank, series of reefs in the South China Sea southeast of Hainan Island
scattered sand / fig. lacking in cohesion or organization
beach shoes / wetsuit booties
trachoma
satay (sauce)
sauce (loanword)

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