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圣 水

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n.sacred water credited with curative or exorcising power
- zhōng guó gǔ dài shén huà rèn wéi tiān shàng de jiàng yǔ shì shèng shuǐ kě yǐ zhì bìng
  中国古代神话认为天上的降雨是圣水，可以治病。
  Ancient Chinese mythology holds that the rain in the sky is holy water, which can cure diseases.
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n.holy water (for religious use); water at some temple, credited with performing cures
- tā gěi tā men sǎ le shèng shuǐ
  他给她们洒了圣水。
  He sprinkled them with holy water.
- mù shī jiāng yī xiē shèng shuǐ sǎ zài hái zi de tóu shang
  牧师将一些圣水洒在孩子的头上。
  The priest puts some holy water on the child's head.
- tā men liú xià shèng xiàng bìng sǎ shèng shuǐ
  他们留下圣像并洒圣水。
  They were leaving icons and sprinkling holy water.

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