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sand / grit / CL: ,
HSK 3
sand blown by wind / sandstorm
HSK 7-9
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  *沙* | 沙* | *沙
granule / hoarse / raspy / sand / powder / CL: / abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
to scrub with an abrasive / to sand / frosted (e.g. glass)
sand sculpture
sand table (military) / 3D terrain (or site) model (for real estate marketing, geography class etc) / sand tray (on which to write characters)
hourglass / sand filter
sandy beach or river bank / sand dune / sandy land
sand and stones
sandbox / jumping pit (athletics) / sand trap, bunker (golf)
sand
aggregate (sand or gravel used in concrete 混凝土)
dust (floating in the air or settled on a surface) / large amount of airborne sand and dust, such as during a sandstorm
sand and dust storm
(geometry) projection / (Chinese mythology) creature that spits sand to make people ill
airborne sand and dust
grains of sand
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  *鲫* | 鲫* | *鲫
bastard carp / sand perch
grain of sand
sandbag / punching bag (trad. filled with sand)
sandstone / sand and stone / aggregate
sandbag / punching bag (trad. filled with sand) / sand dune / footbag; hacky sack
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  *焗* | 焗* | *焗
(dialect) to cook in salt or sand, inside a sealed pot / to steam / to bake
lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell / to deceive oneself / to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
fine sand
lit. like a sheet of loose sand / fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
oil sand (mining)
sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom); by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity / many a mickle makes a muckle
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  *砂* | 砂* | *砂
sand / gravel / granule / variant of
beach; sand bank
Asian pear; sand pear (Pyrus pyrifolia)
lit. to sort the gold from the sand (idiom) / fig. to separate the wheat from the chaff
to shut one's eyes and stop one's ears / out of touch with reality / to bury one's head in the sand
mud and sand flow together (idiom) / good and bad mingle
traditional Chinese building material made by mixing three components (typically lime, clay, and sand)
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)
sand dune / sandy hill
sea sand (sand of the ocean floor or seashore)
digestive tract of a shrimp / sand vein
filter sand
Asian pear; sand pear (Pyrus pyrifolia)
sand picture
sand content / quantity of sediment (carried by a river)
silicon sand
siliceous sand (geology)
sander; sanding machine
Asian pear; sand pear (Pyrus pyrifolia)
to mix in some sand (e.g. when making concrete) / (fig.) to place outsiders into a monolithic group (to infiltrate or disrupt it etc)
a sandbank / a sand bar
to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom) / to rehearse a planned action or activity / to conduct a dry run
abrasive disk / sanding disk
zircon sand (zirconium ore)
ostrich policy (sticking one's head in the sand, failing to acknowledge danger)
(bird species of China) sand martin (Riparia riparia)
sandpit / sand quarry
scattered sand / fig. lacking in cohesion or organization
sand wedge (golf)
shifting sand dunes
house built with cheap, unreliable concrete which contains a high quantity of sea sand
to write on the sand with reeds while teaching one's son (idiom) / mother's admirable dedication to her children's education
Asian pear; sand pear (Pyrus pyrifolia)
(bird species of China) Siberian sand plover (Anarhynchus mongolus)
Asian pear; sand pear (Pyrus pyrifolia)
quantity of sand (transported by a river) / sediment content
(bird species of China) greater sand plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii)
sand break (in desert environment)


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