(literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)

variant of 聖|圣[sheng4]

who's this big shot?

to make a pilgrimage

great sage; mahatma; king; emperor; outstanding personage; Buddha

great calligraphy master; the Sage of Calligraphy, traditional reference to Wang Xizhi 王羲之[Wang2 Xi1 zhi1] (303-361)

Second Sage, traditional title of Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] in Confucian studies

to become an arhat (Buddhism)

(Catholicism) to canonize

(Christianity) to be sanctified; to become holy

see 文聖區|文圣区[Wen2 sheng4 Qu1]

the Saint of War (i.e. the deified Guan Yu 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3])

the Prophet Muhammad

"sage of poetry", epithet of Du Fu 杜甫[Du4 Fu3]

the Sage of intoxication; refers to Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai 李白 (701-762)

(old) to have an audience with the emperor

Great-Sage Sun; Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1]

deep suffering can lead to enlightenment (idiom); storms make oaks take deeper root

Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]