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Christmas time / Christmas season / Christmas
HSK 6
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
Saint Petersburg (city in Russia)
the Confucian classics / (Christianity, Judaism) the holy scriptures / CL: ,
sage / the Sage (i.e. Confucius) / (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty / (religion) saint
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
Santiago, capital of Chile / San Diego, California
Holy Son / Jesus Christ / God the Son (in the Christian Trinity)
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)
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
sage hero / refers to Mahatma Gandhi
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)
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
chrism / holy anointing oil
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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
Holy Grail
Santa Cruz
Santa hat
Saint Helena
St John's, capital of Labrador and Newfoundland province, Canada
Saint Patrick
Christmas eve
St Augustine / Aurelius Augustinus (354-430), theologian and Christian philosopher / Sankt Augustin, suburb of Beuel, Bonn, Germany
baptism (Christian ceremony)
(Tw) San Jose
St Lawrence River, Canada
poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)
St Malo, town in Normandy
St Helena
Church of Our Lady / Frauenkirche
holy book
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old variant of 聖|圣
Saint Catherine
Santarém (Portugal) / Santarém (Brazil)
poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)
Saint Lucia (Tw)
Sanctus (section of Catholic mass)
(Tw) Santo Domingo, capital of Dominican Republic
cherry tomato

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