少林
Shào lín
Pinyin

Definition

少林
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Shào lín
  1. the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不少
bù shǎo
  1. 1 many
  2. 2 a lot
  3. 3 not few
多少
duō shǎo
  1. 1 number
  2. 2 amount
  3. 3 somewhat
少
shǎo
  1. 1 few
  2. 2 less
  3. 3 to lack
  4. 4 to be missing
  5. 5 to stop (doing sth)
  6. 6 seldom
少年
shào nián
  1. 1 early youth
  2. 2 youngster
  3. 3 (literary) youth
  4. 4 young man
至少
zhì shǎo
  1. 1 at least
  2. 2 (to say the) least

Idioms (20)

人烟稀少
rén yān xī shǎo
  1. 1 no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
以少胜多
yǐ shǎo shèng duō
  1. 1 using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
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
凶多吉少
xiōng duō jí shǎo
  1. 1 everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); inauspicious
  2. 2 everything points to disaster
单丝不成线，独木不成林
dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín
  1. 1 one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我到现在还记得他的那部电影《少林寺》，拳、脚、刀样样都出神入化。不过他在海外的影响力好像不及成龙。
wǒ dàoxiànzài hái jìde tā de nà bù diànyǐng 《Shàolínsì 》，quán 、jiǎo 、dāo yàngyàng dōu chūshénrùhuà 。bùguò tā zài hǎiwài de yǐngxiǎng lì hǎoxiàng bùjí ChéngLóng 。
In the old days Jackie Chan was Bruce Li's successor. He got support from the companies, and went to Hollywood quite early. The most important thing about him is that he cleverly blends martial arts and entertainment, so the audience for his films is broader than Bruce Li's.
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我是美国人，我的中文名字是何思哲。我大学一毕业就来中国了。先去了一个小城市，一边教英文一边学中文。我去过很多地方，还在少林寺学过半年功夫。我对老子和道教很感兴趣。我了解一些中国的潜规则，譬如要在饭桌上谈生意......
wǒ shì Měiguó rén ，wǒ de Zhōngwén míngzi shì Hé Sīzhé 。wǒ dàxué yī bìyè jiù lái Zhōngguó le 。xiān qù le yī gè xiǎo chéngshì ，yībiān jiāo Yīngwén yībiān xué Zhōngwén 。wǒ qù guo hěn duō dìfang ，hái zài Shàolínsì xué guo bàn nián gōngfu 。wǒ duì Lǎozǐ hé Dàojiào hěn gǎn xìngqù 。wǒ liǎojiě yīxiē Zhōngguó de qiánguīzé ，pìrú yào zài fànzhuō shàng tán shēngyì ......
I'm an American. My Chinese name is He Sizhe. I came to China right after graduating from university. At first, I went to a small city and taught English while studying Chinese. I've been to many different places and I also studied kung-fu at a Shaolin temple for 6 months. I'm really interested in Lao-Tzu and Taoism. I understand a bit about the unspoken rules of Chinese culture. For example, you have to talk business at the dinner table...
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大家看，在我们面前的就是嵩山少林寺。它是少林武术的发源地。由于处于丛林中，所以取名“少林寺”。
dàjiā kàn ，zài wǒmen miànqián de jiùshì Sōngshān shàolínsì 。tā shì shàolín wǔshù de fāyuándì 。yóuyú chǔyú cónglín zhōng ，suǒyǐ qǔ míng “shàolínsì ”。
Everyone look, in front of us is the Songshan Shaolin Temple. It is the birthplace of Shaolin Martial Arts. Because of it's position in the middle of the forest, it was given the name “Shaolin Temple.”
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少林寺建造于公元495年。后来达摩来这里传扬禅宗。所以，少林寺也被称为中国禅宗的发源地。
shàolínsì jiànzào yú Gōngyuán sìbǎijiǔshíwu nián 。hòulái Dámó lái zhèlǐ chuányáng chánzōng 。suǒyǐ ，shàolínsì yě bèi chēngwéi Zhōngguó Chánzōng de fāyuándì 。
Shaolin Temple was built in 495 C.E. Afterwards, Dharma came here to spread the Chan sect. So, Shaolin Temple has also been called the birthplace of Chinese Chan Buddhism.
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这个就很难统计了，因为少林寺还有许多下属和分支机构。不过少林寺一直都有一个武僧团，聚集了最好的僧人。目前团里有一百二十名武僧。他们经过了严格的选拔，个个都文武双全啊。
zhège jiù hěn nán tǒngjì le ，yīnwèi shàolínsì hái yǒu xǔduō xiàshǔ hé fēnzhī jīgòu 。bùguò shàolínsì yīzhí dōu yǒu yī ge wǔsēng tuán ，jùjí le zuìhǎo de sēngrén 。mùqián tuán lǐ yǒu yībǎi èrshí míng wǔsēng 。tāmen jīngguò le yángé de xuǎnbá ，gege dōu wénwǔshuāngquán a 。
This is difficult to calculate, because Shaolin Temple has many subordinate and branch organizations. However, Shaolin Temple always has a group of martial artist monks, gathered from amongst the best Buddhist monks. At the moment, there are 120 monks in the group. They go through a strict selection process, and every one is well-versed in both military and literary matters.
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怪不得这么多中国人和外国人都被吸引到这里习武。你知道现在少林寺有多少武僧吗？
guàibude zhème duō zhōngguórén hé wàiguórén dōu bèi xīyǐn dào zhèlǐ xíwǔ 。nǐ zhīdào xiànzài shàolínsì yǒu duōshao wǔsēng ma ？
No wonder so many Chinese people and foreigners like to come here to study martial arts. Do you know how many monks there are now at Shaolin Temple?
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这是说少林功夫主要有十八个派别，都有自己的特色。比如有的擅长拳法，有的则擅长腿功。不过它们的共同点是动作潇洒，并且完美地结合了禅宗和功夫。
zhè shì shuō shàolín gōngfu zhǔyào yǒu shí bā ge pàibié ，dōu yǒu zìjǐ de tèsè 。bǐrú yǒude shàncháng quánfǎ ，yǒude zé shàncháng tuǐ gōng 。bùguò tāmen de gòngtóngdiǎn shì dòngzuò xiāosǎ ，bìngqiě wánměi de jiéhé le chán zōng hé gōngfu 。
That is saying that Shaolin Kung Fu has eighteen principal schools, all with their own characteristics. For example, some excel at the art of boxing, others are better at footwork. Still, their common ground is that movements are unrestrained and elegant, and perfectly unite Chan Buddhism with kung fu.
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原来我们常说的“天下功夫出少林”是这样来的。我还听过少林十八门的说法，那是什么呢？
yuánlái wǒmen cháng shuō de “tiānxià gōngfu chū shàolín ”shì zhèyàng lái de 。wǒ hái tīng guo shàolín shí bā mén de shuōfa ，nà shì shénme ne ？
So that’s where the saying, “all the world’s kung fu stems from Shaolin” originally comes from. I’ve also heard the expression “Shaolin’s eighteen styles.” What is that?
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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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哦，这我还不知道呢。说到少林寺，大家最先想到的肯定是功夫。
é ，zhè wǒ hái bù zhīdào ne 。shuōdào shàolínsì ，dàjiā zuìxiān xiǎngdào de kěndìng shì gōngfu 。
Oh, I didn’t know that. When people talk about Shaolin Temple, the first thing you think of is definitely kung fu.
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