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sofa (loanword) / CL: 條|条, 張|张 / (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post
HSK 3
sand / grit / CL: ,
HSK 3
desert / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
beach / sandy shore / CL:
HSK 7-9
salon (loanword)
HSK 7-9
sand blown by wind / sandstorm
HSK 7-9
Saudi Arabia
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surname Sha
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granule / hoarse / raspy / sand / powder / CL: / abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
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(dialect) to sift; to sieve
Jinsha river, upper reaches of Yangtze river or Changjiang 長江|长江 in Sichuan and Yunnan
gold dust / salted egg yolk sauce
Saudi / abbr. for Saudi Arabia
sand sculpture
sarin (loanword)
sand table (military) / 3D terrain (or site) model (for real estate marketing, geography class etc) / sand tray (on which to write characters)
Shahe, county-level city in Xingtai 邢台, Hebei
hourglass / sand filter
Tsim Sha Tsui, urbanized area in Hong Kong
silt
Shaxian, a district of Sanming City 三明市, Fujian
sandy beach or river bank / sand dune / sandy land
monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India) / Buddhist monk
sand and stones
czar (loanword)
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
trachoma
sandbank / sandbar
sea-buckthorn
Warsaw, capital of Poland
sandy soil
sandpit / battleground / battlefield
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
sweetened bean paste
Sha Wujing
sandbox / jumping pit (athletics) / sand trap, bunker (golf)
Nansha Islands, aka Spratly Islands / Nansha District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市, Guangdong
Sha Tin town in New Territories, Hong Kong
Tsarist Russia / abbr. for 沙皇俄國|沙皇俄国
sand and dust storm
hoarse; husky; raspy
Estonia
airborne sand and dust
novice Buddhist monk
Shayang county in Jingmen 荊門|荆门, Hubei
grains of sand
Chinese shar-pei (dog breed)
Shapingba, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆
sandstorm
sandworm
grain of sand
ladybell root (Radix adenophorae)
sandbag / punching bag (trad. filled with sand)
sandy
sandbag / punching bag (trad. filled with sand) / sand dune / footbag; hacky sack
satay (spicy peanut sauce), also spelled sate
Shapo district of Zhongwei city 中衛市|中卫市, Ningxia
Sha Tau Kok (town in Hong Kong)
sachima, sweet (Manchu) pastry made of fried strips of dough coated with syrup, pressed together, then cut into blocks
Shayar nahiyisi (Shaya county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, west Xinjiang
sardine (loanword)
Chuansha, name of street and park in Pudong New District 浦東新區|浦东新区, Shanghai
lit. like a sheet of loose sand / fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
Yéngisar nahiyisi (Yengisar county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区, west Xinjiang
quicksand / (patisserie) (usu. attributive) semi-liquid filling (typically custard); lava
fine sand
Saybagh district (Uighur: Saybagh Rayoni) of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市, Xinjiang
Shaquille O'Neal (1972-), former NBA star
salad (loanword)
Chinese pearleaf crabapple (Malus asiatica)
lit. many sand grains accumulate to form a tower (idiom) / fig. many little things add up to sth great
rustle
(idiom) to attack sb by innuendo; to make insinuations
Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Asian pear; sand pear (Pyrus pyrifolia)
Peshawar, city in north Pakistan
silkworm guano (excrement)
Shashi district of Jingzhou city 荊州市|荆州市, Hubei
(literary) desert / sandy shore
lit. to sort the gold from the sand (idiom) / fig. to separate the wheat from the chaff
Sarawak, state of Malaysia in northwest Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲
submerged sandbank / submerged coral islet
mud and sand flow together (idiom) / good and bad mingle
methadone
lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom) / fig. reminder of a fierce battle; remnants of a disastrous defeat
countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)
Paknampho city, Thailand
Pervez Musharraf (1943-), Pakistani general and politician, president 2001-2008
sand dune / sandy hill
variant of 砂鍋|砂锅
slushie / smoothie / crushed ice drink / frappucino
Longsha district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔, Heilongjiang
Sana'a, capital of Yemen (Tw)
salad (loanword)
(computing) sandbox
lacking in cohesion and unity of purpose
satay sauce

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