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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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  *宫* | 宫* | *宫
palace / temple / castration (as corporal punishment) / first note in pentatonic scale
HSK 6
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  *寺* | 寺* | *寺
Buddhist temple / mosque / government office (old)
HSK 6
(idiom) to have gray hair at the temples
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
temple / monastery / shrine
HSK 7-9
Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
HSK 7-9
temple fair
HSK 7-9
Temple of Heaven (in Beijing)
Ming Taizu, temple name of first Ming emperor Hongwu 洪武
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
Angkor Wat, temple complex in Cambodia
temple
Buddhist temple (loanword from Sanskrit "samgharama")
Shide, Tang Buddhist poet who lived at the Guoqing Temple on Mt Tiantai 天台山
ancestral temple / clan hall
to offer incense (at a temple etc)
Ming Chengzu, temple name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂|永乐
palace / hall / temple buildings
HSK 7-9
main hall of a Buddhist temple
temple
lit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom) / fig. (of a boy and a girl) to play together often during childhood
Confucian temple
cloister / temple / monastery / CL:
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  *庙* | 庙* | *庙
temple / ancestral shrine / CL: / temple fair / great imperial hall / imperial
HSK 7-9
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
imperial ancestral temple / imperial court / temple
Ming Wuzong, temple name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhengde 正德
the Baima or White Horse Temple in Luoyang, one of the earliest Buddhist temples in China
Jokhang, main Buddhist temple in Lhasa, a sacred place of Tibetan Buddhism
ancestral hall / temple to one's forebears
temple
temple / ancestral shrine
Toushoudaiji, the temple in Nara, Japan founded by Tang dynastic Buddhist monk Jianzhen or Ganjin 鑒真和尚|鉴真和尚 and his last resting place
to worship / to pay respects to (a deity, ancestor etc) / (of a shrine or temple) to be dedicated to (a deity, ancestor etc)
ordination platform in a Buddhist temple
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
to appear in court for trial (old) / (of Buddhist monks) to have a meal together in the temple hall
donations to a temple
guardian lion, a lion statue traditionally placed at the entrance of Chinese imperial palaces, imperial tombs, temples etc
demon in Buddhism / poltergeist in temple that plays tricks on monks and has a taste for their food
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  *召* | 召* | *召
to call together / to summon / to convene / temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)
hair on the temples
Shengzu, temple name of the second Qing emperor, known as the Kangxi Emperor (1654-1722) / cf. 康熙
temple dedicated to the memory of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 (There is one in Chengdu, and many others in various parts of China.)
(idiom) to have a face as terrifying as a temple's guardian deity
Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor) / Tiangong, Chinese space station program
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
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 / also written 跑得了和尚跑不了廟|跑得了和尚跑不了庙
Daoist temple
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
Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照 (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name 明武宗
(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
Taoist temple
temple to Confucius in his hometown Qufu
to make a temple pilgrimage and burn incense
Hall of Great Strength, main hall of a Buddhist temple containing the main image of veneration 大雄
Parthenon Temple on the Acropolis, Athens (Tw)
Shōsō-in, a timber structure in Nara, Japan, built to house hundreds of artifacts bequeathed to the Tōdai-ji temple by the Japanese emperor Shōmu, who died in 756
Ming Renzong, temple name of fourth Ming emperor Zhu Gaochi 朱高熾|朱高炽
temple name of fifth Ming emperor Xuande 宣德
(literary) halls (of a palace or a temple)
Temple of Earth (in Beijing)
Dai Temple, a temple in Shandong for the god of Mount Tai
Xuankong Temple or Suspended Temple near Yanyuan in Shanxi
(of a performer) to put on a show at an outdoor venue (temple fair, marketplace etc) / (fig.) to enhance sb's reputation / to make a name for oneself
Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 朱棣 (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, temple name 明成祖
to keep the law / to protect Buddha's teachings / protector of Buddhist law (i.e. temple donor)
Buddhist temple / monastery
Jiashan Temple, Buddhist temple in Shimen county 石門縣|石门县, Changde 常德, Hunan, the purported final home and burial place of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成
Mt Yuelu in Changsha 長沙|长沙, famous for scenery, temples and tombs
Parthenon Temple on the Acropolis, Athens
(of folk artists) to give a performance at a temple fair or on the street etc
Yonghe Temple / Lama Temple (Beijing)
(Buddhism) to be moved at the sight of good deeds / to join in charitable deeds / to tour temples
Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet
Kulun, the former name for modern Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia (Mongolian: temple)
sideburns / temples / hair on the temples
temple dedicated to the local tutelary god 土地神 and the god of cereals
Hongzhi Emperor, reign name of ninth Ming emperor 朱祐樘 (1470-1505), reigned 1487-1505, temple name 明孝宗
to restore (an ancient temple)
Ming Xizong, temple name of fifteenth Ming emperor Tianqi 明天啟|明天启
Tanzhe Temple
corner of eye near temple
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  *祊* | 祊* | *祊
side altar inside ancestral temple
Kinkakuji or Golden pavilion in northwest Kyōto 京都, Japan / informal name of Buddhist temple Rokuonji 鹿苑寺
forehead / temples
Kiyomizu temple in east Kyōto 京都, Japan
to burn incense at a temple
Tianshun Emperor, reign name of eighth Ming Emperor 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇 (1427-1464), reigned 1457-1464, temple name Yingzong 英宗
temple of Goddess of Fertility
Qu Yuan memorial temple on the Miluo river 汨羅江|汨罗江 at Yueyang 岳陽市|岳阳市, Hunan
Parthenon (Temple on the Acropolis, Athens)
temple name of a deceased Chinese emperor
Asakusa (district of Tokyo known for its traditional atmosphere and Sensō-ji, a 7th-century Buddhist temple)
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  *簝* | 簝* | *簝
bamboo receptacle used to hold meat for temple sacrifices in ancient times
Heze temple in Fuzhou, Fujian
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)
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  *鬑* | 鬑* | *鬑
hanging temple hair
Haein Temple in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea, the repository of Tripitaka Koreana 高麗大藏經|高丽大藏经, a World Heritage site

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