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sun / sunlight; sunshine / temple (on the side of the human head) (abbr. for 太陽穴|太阳穴)
HSK 2
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  *寺* | 寺* | *寺
Buddhist temple / mosque / government office (old)
HSK 6
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  *宫* | 宫* | *宫
palace / temple / castration (as corporal punishment) / first note in pentatonic scale
HSK 6
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  *庙* | 庙* | *庙
temple / ancestral shrine / CL: / temple fair / great imperial hall / imperial
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temple / monastery / shrine
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palace / hall / temple buildings
HSK 7-9
Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
HSK 7-9
temple fair
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Longhua, the name of numerous streets, railway stations, temples and city districts etc, notably Longhua Temple 龍華寺|龙华寺 in Shanghai and Longhua District 龍華區|龙华区 of Shenzhen, Guangdong
Yonghe Temple / Lama Temple (Beijing)
Shengzu, temple name of the second Qing emperor, known as the Kangxi Emperor (1654-1722) / cf. 康熙
ancestral temple / clan hall
Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor) / Tiangong, Chinese space station program
Ryōanji, temple in northwest Kyōto 京都, Japan with famous rock garden
Kiyomizu temple in east Kyōto 京都, Japan
hair on the temples
great hero / main Buddhist image (in temple)
temple
Zhengtong Emperor, reign name of sixth Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇 (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449, temple name Yingzong 英宗
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  *刹* | 刹* | *刹
Buddhist monastery, temple or shrine (abbr. for 剎多羅|刹多罗, Sanskrit "ksetra")
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  *召* | 召* | *召
to call together / to summon / to convene / temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)
Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照 (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name 明武宗
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  *颞* | 颞* | *颞
bones of the temple (on the human head) / see 顳顬|颞颥, temple
Jingtai county in Baiyin 白銀|白银, Gansu / Jingtai Emperor, reign name of seventh Ming Emperor Zhu Qiyu 朱祁鈺|朱祁钰 (1428-1457), reigned 1449-1457, temple name 代宗
main hall of a Buddhist temple
Gaozong, the temple name of various emperors, notably 唐高宗, 宋高宗 and 清高宗 (aka 李治, 趙構|赵构 and 乾隆 respectively)
Buddhist temple
Temple of Heaven (in Beijing)
temple
incense burning in front of a temple / burning joss sticks
Kulun, the former name for modern Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia (Mongolian: temple)
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  *鬓* | 鬓* | *鬓
temples / hair on the temples
Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 朱棣 (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, temple name 明成祖
cloister / temple / monastery / CL:
Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋 (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, temple name 明太祖
demon in Buddhism / poltergeist in temple that plays tricks on monks and has a taste for their food
Temple of Earth (in Beijing)
imperial ancestral temple / imperial court / temple
Shide, Tang Buddhist poet who lived at the Guoqing Temple on Mt Tiantai 天台山
sideburns / temples / hair on the temples
(Buddhism) to be moved at the sight of good deeds / to join in charitable deeds / to tour temples
temple / ancestral shrine
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  *祢* | 祢* | *祢
memorial tablet in a temple commemorating a deceased father
a Buddhist temple
to burn incense at a temple
temple (on the sides of human head)
Jokhang, main Buddhist temple in Lhasa, a sacred place of Tibetan Buddhism
Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in the Haein Temple 海印寺 in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea
main hall of a Buddhist temple
hair on the temples
(literary) halls (of a palace or a temple)
old Buddhist temple
Asakusa, district of Tokyo with an atmosphere of old Japan, famous for the 7th century Buddhist temple, Sensō-ji
a room in a Buddhist monastery / a temple
Dai Temple, a temple in Shandong for the god of Mount Tai
Rokuonji in northwest Kyōto 京都, Japan / the formal name of Kinkakuji or Golden pavilion 金閣寺|金阁寺 as Buddhist temple
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  *萻* | 萻* | *萻
small Buddhist temple
(idiom) to have a face as terrifying as a temple's guardian deity
dining hall in a Buddhist temple
to appear in court for trial (old) / (of Buddhist monks) to have a meal together in the temple hall
head priest of a temple
corner of eye near temple
ordination platform in a Buddhist temple
acolyte in charge of incense in a temple
(of folk artists) to give a performance at a temple fair or on the street etc
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  *庵* | 庵* | *庵
hut / small temple / nunnery
to worship / to pay respects to (a deity, ancestor etc) / (of a shrine or temple) to be dedicated to (a deity, ancestor etc)
to keep the law / to protect Buddha's teachings / protector of Buddhist law (i.e. temple donor)
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  *颥* | 颥* | *颥
see 顳顬|颞颥, temple (the sides of human head)
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  *簝* | 簝* | *簝
bamboo receptacle used to hold meat for temple sacrifices in ancient times
temple (the sides of human head)
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  *鬑* | 鬑* | *鬑
hanging temple hair
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  *祊* | 祊* | *祊
side altar inside ancestral temple
Buddhist temple (transliteration of Sanskrit "Aranyakah") (abbr. for 阿蘭若|阿兰若)
to restore (an ancient temple)
Hōryūji, complex of Buddhist temples near Nara 奈良, Japan, dating back to the Asuka period 飛鳥時代|飞鸟时代 (c. 600)
Taoist temple
guardian lion, a lion statue traditionally placed at the entrance of Chinese imperial palaces, imperial tombs, temples etc
temples and pagodas
Yingzong, temple name of sixth and eighth Ming emperor Zhengtong 正統|正统
temple dedicated to sb still alive
(TCM) the right kidney / (TCM) acupuncture point GV-4, midway between the kidneys / the region between the kidneys / the eyes / (fortune-telling) the temples / (fig.) most critical or vulnerable point
Tianshun Emperor, reign name of eighth Ming Emperor 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇 (1427-1464), reigned 1457-1464, temple name Yingzong 英宗
Buddhist temple / monastery
Angkor Wat, temple complex in Cambodia
Ming Wuzong, temple name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhengde 正德
(of a temple) teeming with worshippers
Buddhist temple (loanword from Sanskrit "samgharama")
Confucian temple
(of a monk) to take residence at a temple
lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom) / fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person / a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other
rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom)
Nanputuo Temple in Xiamen 廈門|厦门
Mt Yuelu in Changsha 長沙|长沙, famous for scenery, temples and tombs
Hall of Great Strength, main hall of a Buddhist temple containing the main image of veneration 大雄
Baita temple in Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州
the timber pagoda of the Fogong Temple in Ying County, Shanxi, built in 1056 (Song dynasty)
Ming Chengzu, temple name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂|永乐
Tanzhe Temple
lit. one doesn't visit a temple without a cause (idiom) / fig. to visit sb with an ulterior motive (esp. to ask for sth)

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