朝圣 (朝聖)
cháo shèng
Pinyin
Definition
朝圣 (朝聖)
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- to make a pilgrimage
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 at the present
- 2 now
- 1 Celestial Empire, tributary title conferred on imperial China
- 2 Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
- 1 abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Cháo xiǎn] Korea
- 1 Chaoyang district in east and northeast Beijing, a county level district of Beijing municipality
- 2 Chaoyang prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
- 3 Chaoyang district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin
- 4 Chaoyang county in Chaoyang 朝陽|朝阳[Cháo yáng], Liaoning
- 1 North Korea
- 2 Korea as geographic term
- 3 Taiwan pr. [Cháo xiān]
Idioms (20)
一朝一夕
- 1 lit. one morning and one evening (idiom)
- 2 fig. in a short period of time
- 3 overnight
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳
- 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
- 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
人生如朝露
- 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
人生朝露
- 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
今朝有酒今朝醉
- 1 to live in the moment (idiom)
- 2 to live every day as if it were one's last
- 3 to enjoy while one can
Sample Sentences
郑和家族世代信奉伊斯兰教,去圣地朝圣一直是他的心愿。
Zheng He's family believed in Islam. Going to the holy land on a pilgrimage was one of his dreams.
是啊,青海和内蒙都有挺多藏传佛教的信徒,还有很多西藏的信徒住在很偏远的地方,他们即使花几年也在所不惜,因为朝圣既是他们的精神寄托,也是他们一生的荣耀。
嗯,藏传佛教的信徒好像特别虔诚。你看他们朝圣的时候,一步一叩,五体投地的膜拜姿势,就知道他们有多虔诚了。而且在朝圣之路上,他们始终保持这样的姿势,翻山越岭,直到到达布达拉宫。听说有人朝圣一次要花上几年的时间。