贫僧 (貧僧)
pín sēng
Pinyin

Definition

贫僧 (貧僧)
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pín sēng
  1. poor monk (humble term used by monk of himself)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (12)

Táng sēng
  1. 1 Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645
sēng rén
  1. 1 monk
Shā Sēng
  1. 1 Sha Wujing
pín sēng
  1. 1 poor monk (humble term used by monk of himself)
gāo sēng
  1. 1 a senior monk

Idioms (2)

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