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Visit to a Temple (Part 2)

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ID: 2313 Upper Intermediate
ChinesePod continues its visit to a Buddhist temple. In the second part of this series, we learn about arhats (罗汉, luóhàn), Buddhist saints known for their different and sometimes comical looks.
Wed Nov 06 2013 | John, Dilu
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罗汉 luóhàn arhat, Buddhist saint
罗汉堂 Luóhàntáng Arhat Hall
梵语 fànyǔ Sanskrit
佛教 Fójiào Buddhism
哎，看了半天了，怎么没看到十八罗汉啊？
āi ，kàn le bàntiān le ，zěnme méi kàndào shí bā luóhàn a ？
Jeez, we've been looking around forever. Why haven't we seen the 18 arhats?
那边有个罗汉堂，里面肯定有十八罗汉。
nàbiān yǒu gè Luóhàntáng ，lǐmiàn kěndìng yǒu shí bā luóhàn 。
There's a Hall of Arhats over there. The 18 arhats have got to be in there.
那我们去看看。
nà wǒmen qù kànkan 。
Let's go take a look then.
好啊。你想看罗汉，那你知道罗汉是什么吗？
hǎo a 。nǐ xiǎng kàn luóhàn ，nà nǐ zhīdào luóhàn shì shénme ma ？
Okay. So you want to see the arhats, but do you do what an arhat is?
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