寺院
sì yuàn
Pinyin

Definition

寺院
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sì yuàn
  1. cloister
  2. temple
  3. monastery
  4. CL:座[zuò]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

学院
xué yuàn
  1. 1 college
  2. 2 educational institute
  3. 3 school
  4. 4 faculty
  5. 5 classifier: 所 suǒ
少林寺
Shào lín Sì
  1. 1 Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
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 classifier: 所 suǒ
  3. 3 classifier: 家 jiā
  4. 4 classifier: 座 zuò

Idioms (1)

跑了和尚，跑不了寺
pǎo le hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo sì
  1. 1 the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)
  2. 2 you can run this time, but you'll have to come back
  3. 3 I'll get you sooner or later

Sample Sentences

其实啊，少林功夫还和禅宗有着很大的联系。因为修禅也注重修养身体，再加上这么大的寺院也需要保护，所以逐渐形成了禅武合一的少林功夫。它身心并重，是中华文化的精华。
qíshí a ，shàolín gōngfū huán hé Chánzōng yǒu zhe hěn dà de liánxì 。yīnwèi xiū chán yě zhùzhòng xiūyǎng shēntǐ ，zài jiāshang zhème dà de sìyuàn yě xūyào bǎohù ，suǒyǐ zhújiàn xíngchéng le chán wǔ héyī de shàolín gōngfū 。tā shēnxīn bìngzhòng ，shì Zhōnghuá wénhuà de jīnghuá 。
Actually, Shaolin Kung Fu still has a strong link to Chan sect. Because the practice of Chan places importance on cultivation of the body, and such a large temple also needed protection, Chan and martial arts gradually merged into Shaolin Kung Fu. It lays equal stress on body and mind, and is the epitome of Chinese culture.
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