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升华 (shēng huá) — (physics/chemistry) to sublimate; sublimation (a solid changing directly into gas); (figurative) to sublimate; to transform raw emotions or experiences into something higher or more refined

Definition

In physics, 升华 is solid turning directly into gas (skipping liquid) — distinct from 蒸发, which is liquid turning into gas. Figuratively, it means transforming raw emotions into something higher or more refined.

verb
(physics/chemistry) to sublimatesublimation (a solid changing directly into gas)(figurative) to sublimateto transform raw emotions or experiences into something higher or more refined

Examples

  • 升华。
    Gān bīng zài cháng wēn xià huì shēng huá chéng qì tǐ.
    Dry ice will sublimate into gas at room temperature.
  • 升华。
    Tā bǎ tòng kǔ shēng huá wèi chuàng zuò de dòng lì.
    He sublimated his pain into creative motivation.
  • 升华。
    Zhè zhǒng qíng gǎn zài shī gē zhōng dé dào le shēng huá.
    This emotion found sublimation in poetry.

Origin

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape comes from a drawing of a standard dipper used to measure one 升.

Open 升 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 華; 华 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 華 showed flowers on a plant, with stalk and leaves below. The simplified 华 is a later shorthand and not the original picture.

Open 华 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Physics & Chemistry

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