Results for “尚”

still / yet / to value / to esteem

surname Shang

fashion / fad / fashionable

not yet / still not

noble / lofty / refined / exquisite

current custom / current way of doing things

Buddhist monk

to hold up (as an model) / to hold in esteem / to revere / to advocate

(not) even / yet / still

not bad / satisfactory

still remains / still exists / still has

imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers) / in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill

variant of 尚方劍|尚方剑[shàng fāng jiàn] / imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers) / in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill

high official / government minister

ancient official title

unsolved / as yet unsettled

to promote a martial spirit / to revere military skills / warlike

not yet / not so far

I beg you to partake of this sacrifice (used at the end of an elegiac address)

lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom) / fig. at a total loss

see 三個和尚沒水喝|三个和尚没水喝[sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē]

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

see 和尚打傘，無法無天|和尚打伞，无法无天[hé shang dǎ sǎn , wú fǎ wú tiān]

lit. like a monk holding an umbrella — no hair, no sky (idiom) (punning on 髮|发[fà] vs 法[fǎ]) / fig. defying the law and the principles of heaven / lawless

to have a taste for the exotic (idiom)

(lit.) in the presence of a monk, insult another monk, calling him a bald-headed bandit (saying) / (fig.) to insult indirectly / to criticize obliquely

fast fashion

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

see 做一天和尚撞一天鐘|做一天和尚撞一天钟[zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng]

lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom) / fig. to return politeness for politeness

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[pǎo dé liǎo hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào]

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

see 尚志市[Shàng zhì Shì]

Shangzhi, a county-level city in Harbin City 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市[Hā ěr bīn Shì], Heilongjiang

James Sasser (1936-), US Ambassador to China 1995-1999