典 座

diǎn zuòdictionary entry

(Buddhism) the kitchen manager in a monastery / (Buddhism) (historical) monk responsible for various administrative and logistical duties

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Original source entry:

典座 典座 [dian3 zuo4] /(Buddhism) the kitchen manager in a monastery/(Buddhism) (historical) monk responsible for various administrative and logistical duties/

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典
diǎn
canon / law / standard work of scholarship / literary quotation or allusion / ceremony / to be in charge of / to mortgage or pawn
座
zuò
seat / base / stand / (bound form) constellation / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座[shī zuò]) / classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc

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