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The character 雪, representing snow, is formed from the rain radical 雨 positioned above the component 彐, a structure that etymologically implies a connection between snowfall and the act of sweeping or cleansing, as early conceptions viewed snow as something that could be brushed aside. This compositional choice semantically categorizes it within atmospheric phenomena while suggesting an ancillary notion of purification through its secondary element. Over time, its core meaning has steadfastly referred to frozen precipitation, yet it has also developed extended metaphorical applications in literary and colloquial usage, such as in expressions denoting the clearing of wrongs or the avenging of grievances, where it functions to convey a sense of wiping away or refreshing, thus broadening its original lexical scope through associative qualities attributed to snow's transformative effect on the landscape.
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今天正在下雪。
雪是白色的。
地上覆盖着雪。
孩子们在玩雪。
雪花从天上飘落。
他非常喜欢滑雪运动。
大雪过后，城市变得安静。
雪是由水蒸气凝固而成的。