张僧繇
Zhāng Sēng yóu
Pinyin

Definition

张僧繇
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Zhāng Sēng yóu
  1. Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家

Character Decomposition

Related Words (13)

唐僧
Táng sēng
  1. 1 Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645
僧人
sēng rén
  1. 1 monk
沙僧
Shā Sēng
  1. 1 Sha Wujing
贫僧
pín sēng
  1. 1 poor monk (humble term used by monk of himself)
高僧
gāo sēng
  1. 1 a senior monk
僧
sēng
  1. 1 monk
  2. 2 Sangha, the Buddhist monastic order
僧伽
sēng qié
  1. 1 (Buddhism) sangha
  2. 2 the monastic community
  3. 3 monk
僧侣
sēng lu:3
  1. 1 monk
僧俗
sēng sú
  1. 1 laymen
  2. 2 laity
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
僧尼
sēng ní
  1. 1 (Buddhist) monks and nuns
圣僧
shèng sēng
  1. 1 senior monk
钟繇
Zhōng Yáo
  1. 1 Zhong Yao (151-230), minister of Cao Wei 曹魏[Cáo Wèi] and noted calligrapher, said to have developed the regular script 楷書|楷书[kǎi shū]

Idioms (3)

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
自繇自在
zì yóu zì zai
  1. 1 free and easy (idiom); carefree
  2. 2 leisurely

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