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猴子

hóu zi

1. 1 monkey
2. 2 classifier: 隻 Zhī

高僧

gāo sēng

1. 1 a senior monk

鸠摩罗什 | 鳩摩羅什

Jiū mó luó shí

1. 1 Kumarajiva c. 334-413, Buddhist monk and translator of Zen texts

狲 | 猻

sūn

1. 1 (monkey)

狮尾狒 | 獅尾狒

shī wěi fèi

1. 1 gelada (Theropithecus gelada), Ethiopian herbivorous monkey similar to baboon
2. 2 variant: also written 吉爾達 Jí Ěr Dá

出家人

chū jiā rén

1. 1 monk
2. 2 nun (Buddhist or Daoist)

杀鸡吓猴 | 殺雞嚇猴

shā jī xià hóu

1. 1 lit. killing the chicken to scare the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
2. 2 pour encourager les autres

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

罗刹 | 羅剎

luó chà

1. 1 demon in Buddhism
2. 2 poltergeist in temple that plays tricks on monks and has a taste for their food

圆寂 | 圓寂

yuán jì

1. 1 death
2. 2 to pass away (of Buddhist monks, nuns etc)

灵长 | 靈長

líng zhǎng

1. 1 primate (monkey, hominid etc)

看破红尘 | 看破紅塵

kān pò hóng chén

1. 1 to see through the world of mortals (idiom, of Buddhist monk)
2. 2 disillusioned with human society
3. 3 to reject the world for a monastic life

对着和尚骂贼秃 | 對著和尚罵賊禿

duì zhe hé shang mà zéi tū

1. 1 lit. to curse a baldhead to a monk's face (idiom)
2. 2 fig. to scold sb indirectly
3. 3 to criticize obliquely

化斋 | 化齋

huà zhāi

1. 1 to beg for food (of monks)

出家

chū jiā

1. 1 to leave home (to become a Buddhist monk or nun)

裟

shā

1. 1 Buddhist monk's robe

西游记 | 西遊記

Xī yóu Jì

1. 1 Journey to the West, Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
2. 2 also called Pilgrimage to the West or Monkey

辩机 | 辯機

Biàn jī

1. 1 Bianji (c. 620-648), Tang dynasty buddhist monk and disciple of 玄奘[Xuán zàng], author and translator of Great Tang Records on the Western Regions 大唐西域記|大唐西域记[Dà Táng Xī yù Jì]

袈

jiā

1. 1 Buddhist monk's robe

瞎晃

xiā huàng

1. 1 to roam about
2. 2 to monkey around