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社稷
shè​jì

gods of soil

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
社稷 shè​jì
gods of soil noun
the gods of earth (She) and grain (Ji) to whom ancient Chinese rulers offered sacrifices
state noun
the nation or country, used metonymically as the altars symbolized the legitimacy of the regime

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.030 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
1.37 per million

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)