圣经 聖經 shèng jīng the Confucian classics / (Christianity, Judaism) the holy scriptures / CL:本[ben3],部[bu4] syn 神圣 神聖 shén shèng divine / hallow / holy / sacred syn 圣地 聖地 shèng dì holy land (of a religion) / sacred place / shrine / holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc) / center of historic interest 圣灵 聖靈 shèng líng Holy Ghost / Holy Spirit 圣洁 聖潔 shèng jié pure and holy syn 圣水 聖水 shèng shuǐ holy water 圣子 聖子 shèng zǐ Holy Son / Jesus Christ / God the Son (in the Christian Trinity) 成型 chéng xíng to become shaped / to become formed 教廷 jiào tíng the Papacy / the Vatican / the Holy See 圣贤 聖賢 shèng xián a sage / wise and holy man / virtuous ruler / Buddhist lama / wine syn 扬名 揚名 yáng míng to become famous / to become notorious syn 三位一体 三位一體 sān wèi yī tǐ Holy Trinity / trinity syn 圣战 聖戰 shèng zhàn Holy war / jihad 入籍 rù jí to become naturalized / to become a citizen 圣像 聖像 shèng xiàng (old) image of Confucius / holy image (of Buddha or Jesus Christ etc) 成材 chéng cái to make sth of oneself / to become a person who is worthy of respect / (of a tree) to grow to full size / to become useful for timber syn 圣婴 聖嬰 shèng yīng El Niño (meteorology) / Holy Infant (Christianity) 羽化 yǔ huà levitation (of Daoist immortal) / to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven / (in Daoism) to become immortal / to die / of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form / eclosion syn 陕北 陝北 shǎn běi Shanbei, northern Shaanxi province, including Yulin 榆林 and Yan'an 延安, a Holy Land of Mao's revolution 革命聖地|革命圣地 圣者 聖者 shèng zhě holy one / saint 巡礼 巡禮 xún lǐ to make a pilgrimage (to visit a holy site) / to go on a sightseeing tour syn 迷上 mí shàng to become fascinated with / to become obsessed with 渐趋 漸趨 jiàn qū to become more and more / to gradually become 哇靠 wā kào (Tw) whoa! / holy crap! jeez! (from Taiwanese 我哭, Tai-lo pr. [goá khàu], "I cry!") 圣杯 聖杯 shèng bēi Holy Grail 交恶 交惡 jiāo è to become enemies / to become hostile towards syn 蔚然成风 蔚然成風 wèi rán chéng fēng to have become common practice (idiom) / to become a general trend syn 阿罗汉 阿羅漢 ā luó hàn arhat (Sanskrit) / a holy man who has left behind all earthly desires and concerns and attained nirvana (Buddhism) 纳杰夫 納傑夫 nà jié fū Najaf (city in Iraq, a Shia holy city) 圣贤书 聖賢書 shèng xián shū holy book 圣 聖 shèng (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc) / (bound form) peerless individual / paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc) / (bound form) holy / sacred syn 圣父 聖父 shèng fù Holy Father / God the Father (in the Christian Trinity) 圣餐 聖餐 shèng cān Holy Communion / Eucharist 圣城 聖城 shèng chéng Holy City 圣礼 聖禮 shèng lǐ Holy sacrament / Christian rite (esp. Protestant) / also called 聖事|圣事 by Catholics 奉若神明 fèng ruò shén míng to honor sb as a God (idiom) / to revere / to worship / to deify / to make a holy cow of sth / to put sb on a pedestal syn 佛牙 fó yá Buddha's tooth (a holy relic) 内卷 內捲 nèi juǎn (embryology) to involute / involution / (neologism c. 2017) (of a society) to become more and more of a rat race / to become increasingly competitive (due to limited resources) 知道 zhī dào to know / to become aware of / also pr. [zhi1dao5] syn 做 zuò to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to do / to engage in / to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc) / to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as / to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) syn 发现 發現 fā xiàn to notice / to become aware of / to discover / to find / to detect / a discovery syn 成 chéng to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth syn 变 變 biàn to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion syn 成为 成為 chéng wéi to become / to turn into syn 变成 變成 biàn chéng to change into / to turn into / to become syn 加入 jiā rù to become a member / to join / to mix into / to participate in / to add in syn 入 rù to enter / to go into / to join / to become a member of / (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4shi2]) / abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4sheng1] / (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri") syn 准 準 zhǔn accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para- syn 配合 pèi hé matching / fitting in with / compatible with / to correspond / to fit / to conform to / rapport / to coordinate with / to act in concert with / to cooperate / to become man and wife / to combine parts of machine syn 出名 chū míng well-known for sth / to become well known / to make one's mark / to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc) syn 破产 破產 pò chǎn to go bankrupt / to become impoverished / bankruptcy syn 堕落 墮落 duò luò to degrade / to degenerate / to become depraved / corrupt / a fall from grace syn 察觉 察覺 chá jué to sense / to perceive / to become aware of / to detect syn 发觉 發覺 fā jué to become aware / to detect / to realize / to perceive syn 和解 hé jiě to settle (a dispute out of court) / to reconcile / settlement / conciliation / to become reconciled syn 上瘾 上癮 shàng yǐn to get into a habit / to become addicted syn 变形 變形 biàn xíng to become deformed / to change shape / to morph 澄清 dèng qīng to settle (of liquid) / to become clear (by precipitation of impurities) / precipitate (chemistry) / to put in order / to quell disturbances syn 晕倒 暈倒 yūn dǎo to faint / to swoon / to black out / to become unconscious syn 灭绝 滅絕 miè jué to become extinct / to die out / to lose (sth abstract) completely / to exterminate syn 灭亡 滅亡 miè wáng to be destroyed / to become extinct / to perish / to die out / to destroy / to exterminate syn 疏远 疏遠 shū yuǎn to drift apart / to become estranged / to alienate / estrangement syn 成名 chéng míng to make one's name / to become famous syn 入伙 rù huǒ to join a group / to become a member syn 失明 shī míng to lose one's eyesight / to become blind / blindness syn 明亮 míng liàng bright / shining / glittering / to become clear syn 硬化 yìng huà to harden / (medicine) sclerosis / (fig.) to become inflexible in one's opinions / to ossify 失调 失調 shī tiáo imbalance / to become dysfunctional / to lack proper care (after an illness etc) syn 受孕 shòu yùn to become pregnant / to conceive syn 加重 jiā zhòng to make heavier / to emphasize / (of an illness etc) to become more serious / to aggravate (a bad situation) / to increase (a burden, punishment etc) syn 沉醉 chén zuì to become intoxicated syn 破损 破損 pò sǔn to become damaged syn 骚动 騷動 sāo dòng disturbance / uproar / CL:陣|阵[zhen4] / to become restless syn 显露 顯露 xiǎn lù to become visible / to reveal syn 成家 chéng jiā to settle down and get married (of a man) / to become a recognized expert syn 涉足 shè zú to set foot in / to step into / to become involved for the first time syn 发炎 發炎 fā yán to become inflamed / inflammation 觉醒 覺醒 jué xǐng to awaken / to come to realize / awakened to the truth / the truth dawns upon one / scales fall from the eyes / to become aware syn 发霉 發霉 fā méi to become moldy syn 老化 lǎo huà (of a person, population or material) to age / (of knowledge) to become outdated 降温 降溫 jiàng wēn to become cooler / to lower the temperature / cooling / (of interest, activity etc) to decline syn 作废 作廢 zuò fèi to become invalid / to cancel / to delete / to nullify 发愁 發愁 fā chóu to worry / to fret / to be anxious / to become sad syn 蠢蠢欲动 蠢蠢欲動 chǔn chǔn yù dòng to begin to stir (idiom) / to get restless / to become threatening syn 晕船 暈船 yùn chuán to become seasick 翻脸 翻臉 fān liǎn to fall out with sb / to become hostile syn 打成一片 dǎ chéng yī piàn to merge / to integrate / to become as one / to unify together syn 露脸 露臉 lòu liǎn to show one's face / to make one's good name / to become successful and well known / to shine syn 变色 變色 biàn sè to change color / to discolor / to change countenance / to become angry syn 腐化 fǔ huà to rot / to decay / to become corrupt syn 升温 升溫 shēng wēn to become hot / temperature rise / (fig.) to intensify / to hot up / to escalate / to get a boost 出列 chū liè (military) to leave one's place in the ranks / to fall out / (fig.) to emerge / to become prominent 致富 zhì fù to become rich syn 和好 hé hǎo to become reconciled / on good terms with each other syn 化作 huà zuò to change into / to turn into / to become syn 现形 現形 xiàn xíng to become visible / to appear / to manifest one's true nature syn 发家 發家 fā jiā to lay down a family fortune / to get rich / to become prosperous syn 变本加厉 變本加厲 biàn běn jiā lì lit. change to more severe (idiom) / to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming) / to aggravate / to intensify syn 贬值 貶值 biǎn zhí to become devaluated / to devaluate / to depreciate syn 