zōng jiào tuándictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
religious order / religious grouping
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Original source entry:

宗教團 宗教团 [zong1 jiao4 tuan2] /religious order/religious grouping/

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Other forms in these source records: 宗教團

  • 宗
    zōng

    school / sect / purpose / model / ancestor / clan / to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work) / classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs

    Zōng

    surname Zong

  • 教
    jiāo

    to teach / to instruct

    jiào

    (bound form) to teach / to instruct / a religion / to cause (sb to do sth) / to tell (sb to do sth)

    Jiào

    surname Jiao

  • 团
    tuán

    round / lump / ball / to roll into a ball / to gather / regiment / group / society / classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke) / dumpling

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