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在家 zài jiā to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家)
释子 shì zǐ (literary) Buddhist monk; Buddhist monastic
和尚 hé shang Buddhist monk
跑了和尚,跑不了寺 pǎo le hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo sì the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later
少林寺 Shào lín Sì Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
僧 sēng (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽)
丈二和尚,摸不着头脑 zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom) / fig. at a total loss
上座 shàng zuò seat of honor (at a banquet, meeting etc) / (Buddhism) senior monk's seat or title
住持 zhù chí to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist / abbot / head monk
僧尼 sēng ní (Buddhist) monks and nuns
老衲 lǎo nà (literary) elderly Buddhist monk / (humble) I (used by elderly Buddhist monks)
僧人 sēng rén monk
三个和尚没水喝 sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) / fig. everybody's business is nobody's business / (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
僧多粥少 sēng duō zhōu shǎo lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom) / fig. not enough to go around / demand exceeds supply
三藏法师 Sān zàng fǎ shī Buddhist monk who has mastered the scriptures; (esp.) Xuanzang 玄奘 (602–664)
出家 chū jiā to enter monastic life; to become a monk or nun
做一天和尚撞一天钟 zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom) / fig. to do one's job mechanically / to hold a position passively
禅师 chán shī honorific title for a Buddhist monk
圆寂 yuán jì (of a Buddhist monk or nun) to pass away; to die
戒刀 jiè dāo Buddhist monk's knife (not used for killing)


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