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saltpan
salt water
salt content
salinity
sea salt
legally-traded salt
salt lake
saltpan
hydrochloric acid HCl
salt produced by evaporating brine drawn from wells
salt well
refined salt
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Could you pass me the salt, please?
Source: Tatoeba #332619 · CC BY 2.0 FRHe asked me to pass him the salt.
Source: Tatoeba #842750 · CC BY 2.0 FRShould we add a little more salt?
Source: Tatoeba #10460442 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.