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"blind monk" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
瞽阇 瞽闍 gǔ shé blind monk / refers to famous blind historian 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
Chinese Pinyin Translation
在家 zài jiā to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1chai1]) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1jia1])
瞎子 xiā zi blind person syn
长老 長老 zhǎng lǎo elder / term of respect for a Buddhist monk syn
盲目 máng mù blind / blindly / ignorant / lacking understanding syn
盲人 máng rén blind person syn
失明 shī míng to lose one's eyesight / to become blind / blindness syn
死胡同 sǐ hú tòng dead end / blind alley syn
相亲 相親 xiāng qīn blind date / arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner (Taiwan pr. [xiang4 qin1]) / to be deeply attached to each other syn
视而不见 視而不見 shì ér bù jiàn (idiom) to turn a blind eye to / to ignore syn
和尚 hé shang Buddhist monk syn
僧侣 僧侶 sēng lǚ monk syn
百叶窗 百葉窗 bǎi yè chuāng shutter / blind
盲点 盲點 máng diǎn blind spot
瞎猜 xiā cāi to make a wild guess / blind guess
瞎眼 xiā yǎn to be blind syn
僧人 sēng rén monk syn
钻牛角尖 鑽牛角尖 zuān niú jiǎo jiān lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom) / fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs syn
法宝 法寶 fǎ bǎo Buddha's teaching / Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc / (Daoism) magic weapon / talisman / fig. specially effective device / magic wand syn
沙门 沙門 shā mén monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India) / Buddhist monk syn
色盲 sè máng color-blind / color blindness
住持 zhù chí to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist / abbot / head monk syn
盲区 盲區 máng qū blind spot
出家 chū jiā to enter monastic life / to become a monk or nun syn
禅师 禪師 chán shī honorific title for a Buddhist monk syn
苦行僧 kǔ xíng sēng ascetic monk
高僧 gāo sēng a senior monk syn
施主 shī zhǔ benefactor (term used by a monk to address a layperson) / donor (semiconductor)
剃度 tì dù to take the tonsure / to shave the head / tonsure (shaved head of Buddhist monk) syn
左传 左傳 zuǒ zhuàn Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
受戒 shòu jiè to take oaths as a monk (Buddhism) / to take orders
明眼人 míng yǎn rén perspicacious person / sb with a discerning eye / sighted person (as opposed to blind) syn
削发 削髮 xuē fà to shave one's head / fig. to become a monk or nun / to take the tonsure syn
比丘 bǐ qiū Buddhist monk (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksu")
出家人 chū jiā rén monk / nun (Buddhist or Daoist) syn
济公 濟公 jì gōng Jigong or Daoji (1130-1207), Southern Song Dynasty Buddhist monk
贫僧 貧僧 pín sēng poor monk (humble term used by monk of himself)
袈裟 jiā shā kasaya (robe of a Buddhist monk or nun) (loanword from Sanskrit) syn
玄奘 xuán zàng Xuanzang (602-664), Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator who traveled to India 629-645
卷帘 捲簾 juǎn lián roller shutter / a blind
俗家 sú jiā layman / layperson / original home of a monk
沙弥 沙彌 shā mí novice Buddhist monk syn
头陀 頭陀 tóu tuó itinerant monk (loanword from Sanskrit) syn
唐三藏 táng sān zàng Tripitaka, the central character of the 16th century novel "Journey to the West" 西遊記|西游记[Xi1you2Ji4], based on the monk Xuanzang 玄奘[Xuan2zang4] (602-664)
导盲犬 導盲犬 dǎo máng quǎn guide dog (for the blind) / Seeing Eye dog
秃驴 禿驢 tū lǘ (derog.) Buddhist monk
化缘 化緣 huà yuán (of a monk) to beg syn
禅杖 禪杖 chán zhàng the staff of a Buddhist monk
棒喝 bàng hè practice in which a novice monk is shouted at or hit with a stick with the purpose of bringing about instant awakening (Buddhism) / to rebuke sternly
僧伽 sēng qié (Buddhism) sangha / the monastic community / monk
行脚 行腳 xíng jiǎo (of a monk) to travel / itinerant
鉴真 鑒真 jiàn zhēn Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang dynastic Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism
瞎 xiā blind / groundlessly / foolishly / to no purpose syn
盲 máng blind syn
行者 xíng zhě pedestrian / walker / itinerant monk syn
眯 mí to blind (as with dust) / Taiwan pr. [mi3] syn
僧 sēng (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽[seng1 qie2]) syn
斋 齋 zhāi to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc / vegetarian diet / study room / building / to give alms (to a monk) syn
视若无睹 視若無睹 shì ruò wú dǔ to turn a blind eye to syn
戒刀 jiè dāo Buddhist monk's knife (not used for killing)
酩酊 mǐng dǐng blind drunk syn
盲人摸象 máng rén mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees syn
做一天和尚撞一天钟 做一天和尚撞一天鐘 zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom) / fig. to do one's job mechanically / to hold a position passively syn
募化 mù huà (of a Buddhist monk or Taoist priest) to collect alms syn
衹 qí robe of a Buddhist monk or nun
瞽 gǔ blind / undiscerning
眇 miǎo blind in one eye / blind / tiny / humble / to stare syn
瞍 sǒu blind syn
睺 hóu (appears as phonetic ho, especially in words taken from Sanskrit) / half-blind (archaic)
海伦·凯勒 海倫·凱勒 Helen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deaf-blind author and activist (whose story is told in biopic The Miracle Worker)
哑弹 啞彈 dud / blind
死区 死區 sǐ qū dead zone / blind spot
看破红尘 看破紅塵 kān pò hóng chén to see through the world of mortals (idiom, of Buddhist monk) / disillusioned with human society / to reject the world for a monastic life syn
有目无睹 有目無睹 yǒu mù wú dǔ has eyes but can't see (idiom) / unable or unwilling to see the importance of sth / blind (to sth great)
众盲摸象 眾盲摸象 zhòng máng mō xiàng multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
有眼不识泰山 有眼不識泰山 yǒu yǎn bù shí tài shān lit. to have eyes but fail to recognize Mt Tai (idiom) / fig. to fail to recognize sb important or sb's great talent / to be blind to the fact
有眼无珠 有眼無珠 yǒu yǎn wú zhū (idiom) blind as a bat (figuratively) / unaware of who (or what) one is dealing with / to fail to recognize what sb a bit more perceptive would syn
对着和尚骂贼秃 對著和尚罵賊禿 duì zhe hé shang mà zéi tū lit. in the presence of a monk, insult another monk, calling him a bald-headed bandit (idiom) / fig. to insult indirectly / to criticize obliquely
扫地僧 掃地僧 sǎo dì sēng Sweeper Monk, nameless monk who maintains the library of Shaolin (from Jin Yong's novel "Demigods and Semidevils" 天龍八部|天龙八部[Tian1 long2 Ba1 Bu4]) / (fig.) person whose remarkable talents are not well known
三盲试验 sān máng shì yàn triple-blind trial / triple-blind study / triple-masked trial
双盲分析 double-blind trial / double-blind study / double-masked trial
双盲程序 shuāng máng chéng xù double-blind trial / double-blind study / double-masked trial
盲样 máng yàng blind sample / blind specimen
单盲试验 單盲試驗 single-blind trial / single-blind study / single masked-trial
瞎猫碰上死耗子 瞎貓碰上死耗子 xiā māo pèng shàng sǐ hào zi a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom) / blind luck
法海 fǎ hǎi Fahai, name of the evil Buddhist monk in Tale of the White Snake 白蛇傳|白蛇传[Bai2 she2 Zhuan4]
金钵 金缽 jīn bō (gold) alms bowl (of a Buddhist monk)
罗汉果 羅漢果 luó hàn guǒ monk fruit, the sweet fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii, a vine of the Curcubitaceae family native to southern China and northern Thailand, used in Chinese medicine
三藏法师 三藏法師 sān zàng fǎ shī monk who has mastered the scriptures / (esp.) Xuanzang 玄奘[Xuan2 zang4] (602-664)
做一天和尚，撞一天钟 做一天和尚，撞一天鐘 zuò yī tiān hé shang , zhuàng yī tiān zhōng as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom) / to do one's job mechanically / to hold a position passively
唐僧 táng sēng Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645
唐招提寺 táng zhāo tí sì Toushoudaiji, the temple in Nara, Japan founded by Tang dynastic Buddhist monk Jianzhen or Ganjin 鑒真和尚|鉴真和尚 and his last resting place
圆瑛 圓瑛 yuán yīng Yuan Ying (1878-1953), Buddhist monk
尊者 zūn zhě honored sir (a person of higher status or seniority, or a Buddhist monk)
广游 廣遊 guǎng yóu to travel widely (esp. as Daoist priest or Buddhist monk)
李叔同 lǐ shū tóng Liu Shutong (1880-1942), painter, Buddhist monk and distinguished figure in New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[Xin1 Wen2 hua4 Yun4 dong4] after the Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4] of 1911
示寂 shì jì to pass away (of a monk or nun)
祝发 祝髮 zhù fà to cut one's hair (as part of a minority ritual or in order to become a monk)
禁足 jìn zú to forbid sb to go out / to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk etc) / to ground (as disciplinary measure) / to gate / to curfew / restriction on movement / ban on visiting a place / out of bounds / off limits / caveat
圣僧 聖僧 shèng sēng senior monk
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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