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聖體

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Mandarin · pinyin shèng tǐ

the Emperor's body
Jesus' body
communion wafer (in Christian mass)

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體: tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit
圣: shèng · holy, sacred
体: tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit; inferior

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4–3 · sheng4 ti3

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noun

(Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy) host; sacramental bread
(archaic) the emperor's health
(slang) (short form of 先天聖體) prodigy, someone born with talent

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