贫僧 (貧僧)
pín sēng
Pinyin
Definition
贫僧 (貧僧)
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- poor monk (humble term used by monk of himself)
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