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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雪* | 雪* | *雪
snow / CL: 場|场 / (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)
HSK 2
to snow
HSK 2
ice and snow
HSK 4
snow-capped mountain
HSK 7-9
timely snow
HSK 7-9
snow line
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雨* | 雨* | *雨
(literary) to rain / (of rain, snow etc) to fall / to precipitate / to wet
Snow lion, mythological animal, a banned symbol of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism
snow white
goose feather snow (idiom) / big heavy snow fall
Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December
(of mist, snow, floodwater etc) a vast expanse of whiteness
wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance / love affair / romance is in the air / dissipated life
drizzle (of rain or snow)
(bird species of China) snow goose (Anser caerulescens)
Xiaoxue or Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd November-6th December
to go for a walk in the snow
snow
a world of ice and snow
Snow White
frost and snow / (fig.) snowy white (hair) / adversity
(literary) white as snow; pure white
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *霏* | 霏* | *霏
fall of snow
snow leopard
snow / snow cover / snow mantle
smallpox / ceiling / stamen of corn / (old) snow / (dialect) sesame oil
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *皑* | 皑* | *皑
(literary) white as snow
snow pear (pyrus nivalis)
lit. bright as snow / shiny / dazzling / sharp (of eyes)
to snow
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *霰* | 霰* | *霰
graupel / snow pellet / soft hail
snow lotus herb / Saussurea involucrata
vehicle designed for use in snow (sled, sleigh, bobsled, snowmobile etc)
rain and snow / precipitation (meteorology)
Flying Snow, a character in "Hero"
luxuriant (growth) / numerous / cloudy / misty / snowing heavily
snow-white / spotless
lit. the snow piles up at Cheng Yi's door (idiom) / fig. deep reverence for one's master
a goose's footprint in the snow / vestiges of the past (idiom) / the fleeting nature of human life (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *瀌* | 瀌* | *瀌
copious (of rain or snow)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蹅* | 蹅* | *蹅
(coll.) to trudge (in mud, snow etc)
melting snow / a thaw
dirty snow / slush / abbr. for 雪泥鴻爪|雪泥鸿爪
Snow (name) / Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China
to walk in the snow to view the flowering plum
marine snow
snow pea
snow chain (for a vehicle tire)
sleet / mixture of snow and rain
white fungus (Tremella fuciformis) / snow fungus
Meili Snow Mountains, with peaks up to 6000 m., in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州, Yunnan
(of snow etc) to fill the sky
snow skin mooncake (with a soft casing which is not baked, instead of the traditional baked pastry casing)
lit. wind, frost, rain and snow (idiom) / fig. all kinds of trials and hardships
snow fungus (Tremella fuciformis) / white fungus
snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)
Mt Kawakarpo (6740 m) in Yunnan, the highest peak of Meili Snow Mountains 梅里雪山
sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China
Baima Snow Mountains, up to 5430 m., in Dechen or Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州, Yunnan
permanent snow cover
snow fight / snowball fight
Meili Snow Mountains in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州, Yunnan / also written 梅里雪山
thirteen peaks of Meili Snow Mountains in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州, Yunnan / also written 梅里雪山
(onom.) rustling sound (of clothing, leaves, snow etc) / faint noises
brilliant white snow cover (esp. of distant peaks)
to cover the road (snow, wind, hazards etc) / distance (between locations)
to snow / snowfall
(snow skiing) slalom
Snow lion banner, banned flag of Tibetan independence movement, featuring mythological Snow Leopard
(bird species of China) snow pigeon (Columba leuconota)
(bird species of China) snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
(bird species of China) snow partridge (Lerwa lerwa)


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