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  *僧* | 僧* | *僧
(bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽)
(Buddhist) monks and nuns
monk
HSK 7-9
lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom) / fig. not enough to go around / demand exceeds supply
lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom) / fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
ascetic monk
Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645
(zoology) Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis)
a senior monk
abbey / Buddhist monastery / vihara
senior monk
(bird species of China) Indochinese roller (Coracias affinis)
monk
capuchin monkey / genus Cebidae
Sha Wujing
Sweeper Monk, nameless monk who maintains the library of Shaolin (from Jin Yong's novel "Demigods and Semidevils" 天龍八部|天龙八部) / (fig.) person whose remarkable talents are not well known
(bird species) Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis)
Coraciiformes, class of birds including kingfishers and hornbills
(bird species of China) European roller (Coracias garrulus)
(Buddhism) sangha / the monastic community / monk
Buddhist monks and secular people
Buddhist monks
Sinhalese (language)
poor monk (humble term used by monk of himself)
Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家


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