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


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