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升華

简升华 · 繁升華

Mandarin · pinyin shēng huá

to sublimate
sublimation (physics)
to raise to a higher level
to refine
promotion

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升: shēng · arise, go up; hoist; advance; hexagram ䷭
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华: huá · flowery; illustrious; Chinese

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verb

(literary) to be promoted to a higher official post
(physics) to sublimate; to sublime
(psychology) to sublimate; to sublime
(figurative) to be elevated to the sublime; to raise to a higher level; to be purified

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