僧侣 (僧侶)
sēng lu:3
Pinyin
Definition
僧侣 (僧侶)
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- monk
Character Decomposition
Idioms (2)
不看僧面看佛面
- 1 lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
- 2 fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
僧多粥少
- 1 lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)
- 2 fig. not enough to go around
- 3 demand exceeds supply