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圣事

shèng shì

2-character word Traditional 聖事

What 圣事 means

1. Holy sacrament
2. Christian rite (esp. Catholic)
3. also called 圣礼 by Protestants

The characters in 圣事

• 圣shèng(bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc)…
• 事shìmatter; thing; item

Sounds the same

Read shèng shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 盛世a flourishing period; period of prosperity; a golden age
• 盛事grand occasion

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