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]) 长老 長老 zhǎng lǎo elder / term of respect for a Buddhist monk syn 和尚 hé shang Buddhist monk syn 僧侣 僧侶 sēng lǚ monk syn 僧人 sēng rén monk 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 波澜 波瀾 bō lán billows / great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum) syn 沙门 沙門 shā mén monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India) / Buddhist monk syn 厚望 hòu wàng great hopes / great expectations 住持 zhù chí to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist / abbot / head monk syn 大业 大業 dà yè great cause / great undertaking syn 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 大吉大利 dà jí dà lì great luck, great profit (idiom) / everything is thriving syn 苦行僧 kǔ xíng sēng ascetic monk 贤人 賢人 xián rén great person of the past / venerable forebear / the great and the good syn 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 受戒 shòu jiè to take oaths as a monk (Buddhism) / to take orders 宏愿 宏願 hóng yuàn great aspiration / great ambition syn 削发 削髮 xuē fà to shave one's head / fig. to become a monk or nun / to take the tonsure syn 大功 dà gōng great merit / great service 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 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) 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 行者 xíng zhě pedestrian / walker / itinerant monk 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 玄孙 玄孫 xuán sūn great-great-grandson 戒刀 jiè dāo Buddhist monk's knife (not used for killing) 五大湖 wǔ dà hú Great Lakes / the five north American Great Lakes 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 大 dà big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn 大家 dà jiā everyone / influential family / great expert syn 很多 hěn duō very many / very much / great (quantity) syn 开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time / to make fun of sb syn 万 萬 wàn ten thousand / a great number 多么 多麼 duō me how (wonderful etc) / what (a great idea etc) / however (difficult it may be etc) / (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) / to what extent syn 伟大 偉大 wěi dà huge / great / grand / worthy of the greatest admiration / important (contribution etc) syn 英国 英國 yīng guó United Kingdom 聯合王國|联合王国[Lian2 he2 wang2 guo2] / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland / abbr. for England 英格蘭|英格兰[Ying1 ge2 lan2] 王 wáng king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great syn 海 hǎi ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous syn 大多数 大多數 dà duō shù (great) majority syn 重大 zhòng dà great / important / major / significant syn 大量 dà liàng great amount / large quantity / bulk / numerous / generous / magnanimous syn 大师 大師 dà shī great master / master syn 大众 大眾 dà zhòng the masses / the great bulk of the population / popular (of music, science etc) syn 好不容易 hǎo bù róng yì with great difficulty / very difficult syn 大桥 大橋 dà qiáo Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China syn 费力 費力 fèi lì to expend a great deal of effort syn 老奶奶 lǎo nǎi nai (coll.) father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother / respectful form of address for an old woman syn 曾祖父 zēng zǔ fù father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn 急速 jí sù hurried / at a great speed / rapid (development) syn 伟人 偉人 wěi rén great person syn 用功 yòng gōng diligent / industrious (in one's studies) / to study hard / to make great effort syn 大帝 dà dì heavenly emperor / "the Great" (title) syn 长城 長城 cháng chéng the Great Wall syn 不列颠 不列顛 bù liè diān Britain / British / Great Britain 惋惜 wǎn xī to regret / to feel that it is a great pity / to feel sorry for sb syn 重担 重擔 zhòng dàn heavy burden / difficult task / great responsibility syn 北斗 běi dǒu Great Bear / Big Dipper / Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan syn 抢手 搶手 qiǎng shǒu (of goods) popular / in great demand syn 大雪 dà xuě Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December 大不列颠 大不列顛 dà bù liè diān Great Britain 辛辛苦苦 xīn xīn kǔ kǔ painstakingly / with great trouble syn 老爷爷 老爺爺 lǎo yé ye (coll.) father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn 雄心 xióng xīn great ambition / lofty aspiration syn 抬举 擡舉 tái ju to lift sth up / to elevate sb / to honor sb (with compliments, gifts, promotions etc) / to show great regard / to speak highly / Taiwan pr. [tai2 ju3] syn 远航 遠航 yuǎn háng to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight 狄更斯 dí gēng sī Dickens (name) / Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist 毁于一旦 毀於一旦 huǐ yú yī dàn (idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve) syn 兴高采烈 興高采烈 xìng gāo cǎi liè happy and excited (idiom) / in high spirits / in great delight syn 珍视 珍視 zhēn shì to place great importance on / to treasure syn 盛情 shèng qíng great kindness / magnificent hospitality syn 波涛 波濤 bō tāo great waves / billows syn 巨变 巨變 jù biàn great changes 淋漓尽致 淋漓盡致 lín lí jìn zhì lit. extreme saturation (idiom) / fig. vividly and thoroughly / in great detail / without restraint / (of a performance) brilliant syn 悉心 xī xīn to put one's heart (and soul) into sth / with great care syn 宏大 hóng dà great / grand syn 富含 fù hán to contain in great quantities / rich in syn 大街小巷 dà jiē xiǎo xiàng great streets and small alleys (idiom) / everywhere in the city syn 高材生 gāo cái shēng student of great ability syn 摆架子 擺架子 bǎi jià zi to put on airs / to assume great airs syn 