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僧sēng

(bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽[sēng qié])

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僧侣sēng lǚ

monk

僧人sēng rén

monk

僧伽sēng qié

(Buddhism) sangha / the monastic community / monk

僧俗sēng sú

Buddhist monks and secular people

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

僧尼sēng ní

(Buddhist) monks and nuns

僧帽水母sēng mào shuǐ mǔ

(zoology) Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis)

僧帽猴sēng mào hóu

capuchin monkey / genus Cebidae

僧帽瓣sēng mào bàn

see 二尖瓣[èr jiān bàn]

僧徒sēng tú

Buddhist monks

僧院sēng yuàn

abbey / Buddhist monastery / vihara

不看僧面看佛面bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn

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

佛法僧目fó fǎ sēng mù

Coraciiformes, class of birds including kingfishers and hornbills

棕胸佛法僧zōng xiōng fó fǎ sēng

(bird species of China) Indochinese roller (Coracias affinis)

粥少僧多zhōu shǎo sēng duō

see 僧多粥少[sēng duō zhōu shǎo]

圣僧shèng sēng

senior monk

苦行僧kǔ xíng sēng

ascetic monk

蓝胸佛法僧lán xiōng fó fǎ sēng

(bird species of China) European roller (Coracias garrulus)

西棕胸佛法僧xī zōng xiōng fó fǎ sēng

(bird species) Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis)

贫僧pín sēng

(humble) I (used by Buddhist monks)

高僧gāo sēng

a senior monk

僧加罗语Sēng jiā luó yǔ

Sinhalese (language)

唐僧Táng sēng

Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645

张僧繇Zhāng Sēng yóu

Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家

扫地僧Sǎo dì Sēng

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[Tiān lóng Bā Bù]) / (fig.) person whose remarkable talents are not well known

沙僧Shā Sēng

Sha Wujing

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