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HSK
noble / lofty / refined / exquisite
HSK 4
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *尚* | 尚* | *尚
still / yet / to value / to esteem
HSK 7-9
to hold up (as an model) / to hold in esteem / to revere / to advocate
HSK 7-9
fashion / fad / fashionable
HSK 7-9
not yet; still not
HSK 7-9
current custom / current way of doing things
HSK 7-9
Buddhist monk
HSK 7-9
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *尚* | 尚* | *尚
surname Shang
same as 書經|书经 Book of History
high official / government minister
not bad / satisfactory
lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom) / fig. to return politeness for politeness
to promote a martial spirit / to revere military skills / warlike
Shangzhi, county-level city in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨, Heilongjiang
Shangyi county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口, Hebei
Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan
Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism
(not) even / yet / still
variant of 尚方劍|尚方剑 / imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers) / in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill
to value highly / to hold up sth as a model
South Gyeongsang Province, in southeast South Korea, capital Changwon 昌原
lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom) / fig. at a total loss
still remains; still exists; still has
Yang Shangkun (1907-1998), former president of PRC and military leader
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.)
lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom) / fig. to do one's job mechanically / to hold a position passively
lit. like a monk holding an umbrella — no hair, no sky (idiom) (punning on 髮|发 vs ) / fig. defying the law and the principles of heaven / lawless
Tanzania (Tw)
to have a taste for the exotic (idiom)
Kong Shangren (1648-1718), Qing dramatist and poet, author of The Peach Blossom Fan 桃花扇
lit. in the presence of a monk, insult another monk, calling him a bald-headed bandit (idiom) / fig. to insult indirectly; to criticize obliquely
Shangzhi, county-level city in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨, Heilongjiang
James Sasser (1936-), US Ambassador to China 1995-1999
imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers) / in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill
Book of History / a compendium of documents in various styles, making up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the times of Confucius
ancient official title
unsolved / as yet unsettled
Zambia (Tw)
not yet / not so far
Shangyi county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口, Hebei
I beg you to partake of this sacrifice (used at the end of an elegiac address)
North Gyeongsang Province, in east South Korea, capital Daegu 大邱
Gyeongsang Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Gyeongsang Province 慶尚北道|庆尚北道 and South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道|庆尚南道
Minister of Revenue (from the Han dynasty onwards)
lit. to insult a bald man while pointing at a monk (idiom) / fig. to insult indirectly / to criticize obliquely
customs change with time (idiom); other times, other manners / O Tempora, O Mores!
Sha Wujing
Director of Board of Rites (Confucian)
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
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
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
the monk coming from afar is good at reading scriptures (idiom) / foreign talent is valued higher than local talent


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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