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  *日* | 日* | *日
sun / day / date, day of the month
HSK 1
sun / sunlight; sunshine / temple (on the side of the human head) (abbr. for 太陽穴|太阳穴)
HSK 2
multicolored / every color under the sun
HSK 4
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  *晒* | 晒* | *晒
(of the sun) to shine on / to bask in (the sunshine) / to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun / (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") / (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to
HSK 4
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  *落* | 落* | *落
to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement
HSK 4
to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc) / to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it)
HSK 7-9
to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set
HSK 7-9
Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods
(Internet slang) alternative for 你媽|你妈 / (transcription from Tibetan) the sun
The Sun (the name of various newspapers, notably in the UK and in Hong Kong)
to climb a hill / to go to the mountains / (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons) / to pass away / (of the sun or moon) to rise
father or founder of a nation / Father of the Republic (Sun Yat-sen)
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  *孙* | 孙* | *孙
surname Sun
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grandson / descendant
blazing sun
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  *损* | 损* | *损
to decrease; to lose / to damage; to harm / (coll.) to ridicule; to deride / (coll.) caustic; sarcastic; nasty; mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes:
HSK 7-9
to appear (of sun)
Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou) / Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung) / Sun Yat-sen University (Moscow), founded in 1925 as training ground for Chinese communists
Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党 / same as 孫逸仙|孙逸仙
bright sun / beautiful day
the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood
Stefanie Sun (1978-), Singaporean singer-songwriter
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
“Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书, written by Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子
Dr Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum in Nanjing
Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空 from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb) / fig. not to persevere in doing sth / to do sth by fits and starts
Song Qingling (1893-1981), second wife of Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山, influential political figure in China after Sun's death in 1925
Zhongshan Park, the name of numerous parks in China, honoring Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山
final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)
Wu state (in south China, in different historical periods) / Wu state 220-280, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权 the southernmost of the three Kingdoms
total eclipse of the sun
sun, moon and the five visible planets
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  *阳* | 阳* | *阳
positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰|阴
Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空 in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
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  *曝* | 曝* | *曝
to air / to sun
the sun sets in the west (idiom)
the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down) / the whole country / the universe / everything under the sun
nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism
moderate wind, beautiful sun (idiom); fine sunny weather, esp. in springtime
HSK 7-9
Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
sunset / the setting sun
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记 / Son Goku, the main character in Dragon Ball 七龍珠|七龙珠
first rays of morning sun / first glimmer of dawn
Three Hundred Tang Poems, an anthology collected around 1763 by Sun Zhu 孫誅|孙诛
Sun God / Apollo
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  *晕* | 晕* | *晕
dizzy / halo / ring around moon or sun
to talk endlessly; to talk about everything under the sun
the sun, the moon, and the stars
facing the sun / exposed to the sun
Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People (late 1890s)
scorching sun
heliophile / tending towards the sun / heliotropism
heliocentric theory / the theory that the sun is at the center of the universe
eclipsis (of the moon or sun)
the rising sun
HSK 7-9
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  *笋* | 笋* | *笋
bamboo shoot
(out of) the corner of one's eyes / peripheral vision / residual light / light of the setting sun
the sun shines brightly (idiom)
(of the sun) to scorch / to expose to a scorching sun
Sun Bin (-316 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家 during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)
three-legged Golden Crow that lives in the sun (in northeast Asian and Chinese mythology) / Korean: samjog'o
Sun Microsystems
Tongmenghui, Sun Yat-sen's alliance for democracy, founded 1905, became the Guomindang 國民黨|国民党 in 1912
Earth orbit (orbit of a satellite around the Earth) / Earth's orbit (orbit of the Earth around the Sun)
lit. exposed to sun and rain (idiom) / fig. exposed to the elements
(literary) the sun over the sea
the sun sets over western hills (idiom); the day approaches its end / fig. time of decline / the end of an era / Sic transit gloria mundi
pole for punting boats / pole for drying clothes in the sun
inclining to the west (e.g. of the sun after noon, indicating lateness of the day)
Tongmenghui, Sun Yat-sen's alliance for democracy, founded 1905, became the Guomindang 國民黨|国民党 in 1912
Second Revolution, campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯 and the Northern Warlords
final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)
Sun Zhu (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首 / also known by assumed name 蘅塘退士
Eastern Wu (222-280) / the southern state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权
unprocessed sun-dried tea leaves used to make black or green tea
wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas / the whole wide world / chatting about everything under the sun
setting sun
the five yuan (administrative branches of government) of the Republic of China under Sun Yat-sen's constitution: 行政院 Executive Yuan, 立法院 Legislative Yuan, 司法院 Judicial Yuan, 考試院|考试院 Examination Yuan, 監察院|监察院 Control Yuan
Sun Chuanfang (1885-1935) one of the northern warlord, murdered in Tianjin in 1935
lit. Sichuan dogs bark at the sun (idiom); fig. a simpleton will marvel at even the most common things / alludes to the Sichuan foggy weather where it's uncommon to see a sunny day
lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom) / fig. hell freezes over / pigs can fly
an annular eclipse of the sun
sun-drenched
to be exposed to the sun / in a position facing the sun
the morning sun
Sun Wu, also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
Sun Yue (1973-), PRC female pop star / Sun Yue (1985-), PRC basketball star
Sun Wu, famous general, strategist and Legalist philosopher, contemporary with Confucius 孔子 (551-479 BC), author of "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法, also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子
democracy / civil liberties / principle of democracy, the second of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning widespread popular involvement in affairs of state)
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  *㫰* | 㫰* | *㫰
(dialect) to dry (sth) in the sun; to dry (sth) in the air
one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp / sporadic effort / lack of sticking power / short attention span
Ding Ling (1904-1986), female novelist, author of novel The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River 太陽照在桑乾河上|太阳照在桑干河上, attacked during the 1950s as anti-Party
sun-dried mudbrick; adobe brick
the original name of 孫中山|孙中山, Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党
morning sun
lit. the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom) / fig. the passage of time
salt-pickled sun-dried cabbage (or potherb mustard etc)
(idiom) in broad daylight; in the middle of the day / KMT emblem, a white sun on a blue background

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