僧院
sēng yuàn
Pinyin

Definition

僧院
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sēng yuàn
  1. abbey
  2. Buddhist monastery
  3. vihara

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

唐僧
Táng sēng
  1. 1 Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645
学院
xué yuàn
  1. 1 college
  2. 2 educational institute
  3. 3 school
  4. 4 faculty
  5. 5 CL:所[suǒ]
影院
yǐng yuàn
  1. 1 cinema
  2. 2 movie theater
法院
fǎ yuàn
  1. 1 court of law
  2. 2 court
医院
yī yuàn
  1. 1 hospital
  2. 2 CL:所[suǒ],家[jiā],座[zuò]
电影院
diàn yǐng yuàn
  1. 1 cinema
  2. 2 movie theater
  3. 3 CL:家[jiā],座[zuò]
中科院
Zhōng kē yuàn
  1. 1 abbr. for 中國社會科學院|中国社会科学院[Zhōng guó Shè huì Kē xué yuàn], Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
住院
zhù yuàn
  1. 1 to be in hospital
  2. 2 to be hospitalized
僧人
sēng rén
  1. 1 monk
入院
rù yuàn
  1. 1 to enter hospital
  2. 2 to be hospitalized
出院
chū yuàn
  1. 1 to leave hospital
  2. 2 to be discharged from hospital
副院长
fù yuàn zhǎng
  1. 1 deputy chair of board
  2. 2 vice-president (of a university etc)
剧院
jù yuàn
  1. 1 theater
  2. 2 CL:家[jiā],座[zuò]
博物院
bó wù yuàn
  1. 1 museum
商学院
shāng xué yuàn
  1. 1 business school
  2. 2 university of business studies
四合院
sì hé yuàn
  1. 1 courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence)
国务院
Guó wù yuàn
  1. 1 State Council (PRC)
  2. 2 State Department (USA)
大院
dà yuàn
  1. 1 courtyard (surrounded by many buildings)
  2. 2 compound
  3. 3 great institution
妓院
jì yuàn
  1. 1 brothel
  2. 2 whorehouse
孤儿院
gū ér yuàn
  1. 1 orphanage
  2. 2 child asylum

Idioms (2)

不看僧面看佛面
bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn
  1. 1 lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
僧多粥少
sēng duō zhōu shǎo
  1. 1 lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not enough to go around
  3. 3 demand exceeds supply

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