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]) 小屋 xiǎo wū cabin / lodge / cottage / chalet / hut / shed syn 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 沙门 沙門 shā mén monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India) / Buddhist monk syn 初出茅庐 初出茅廬 chū chū máo lú venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom) / young and inexperienced / novice / greenhorn syn 住持 zhù chí to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist / abbot / head monk 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 茅房 máo fáng toilet (rural euphemism) / thatched hut or house syn 苦行僧 kǔ xíng sēng ascetic monk 架空 jià kōng to build (a hut etc) on stilts / to install (power lines etc) overhead / (fig.) unfounded / impractical / (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead 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) 草屋 cǎo wū thatched hut syn 茅舍 máo shè cottage / hut syn 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 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 必胜客 必勝客 bì shèng kè Pizza Hut 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 寮 liáo hut / shack / small window / variant of 僚[liao2] syn 戒刀 jiè dāo Buddhist monk's knife (not used for killing) 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 庐 廬 lú hut syn 衹 qí robe of a Buddhist monk or nun 廑 jǐn careful / hut / variant of 僅|仅[jin3] 菴 ān variant of 庵 / hut / Buddhist convent / small Buddhist temple 土阶茅茨 土階茅茨 tǔ jiē máo cí lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut / frugal living conditions (idiom) 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 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 百胜餐饮 百勝餐飲 bǎi shèng cān yǐn Tricon Global Restaurants (incl. Pizza Hut and KFC) 百胜餐饮集团 百勝餐飲集團 bǎi shèng cān yǐn jí tuán Yum! Brands, Inc., American fast food corporation operating Pizza Hut, KFC etc. 纪昀 紀昀 jì yún Ji Yun (1724-1805), Qing Dynasty writer, author of supernatural novel Notes on a Minutely Observed Thatched Hut 閱微草堂筆記|阅微草堂笔记 阅微草堂笔记 閱微草堂筆記 yuè wēi cǎo táng bǐ jì Notes on a Minutely Observed Thatched Hut by Ji Yun 紀昀|纪昀[Ji4 Yun2], novel of the supernatural / The Thatched Study of Close Scrutiny 预制宿舍 預制宿舍 prefabricated accommodation / prefabricated hut / prefabricated unit 预制营房 預制營房 yù zhì yíng fáng prefabricated accommodation / prefabricated hut / prefabricated unit 厪 jǐn hut 工寮 gōng liáo (Tw) (on-site) workers' dormitory hut / workers' shed 蓬居 péng jū pauper's thatched hut 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 瞽阇 瞽闍 gǔ shé blind monk / refers to famous blind historian 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2] 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 聖僧 shèng sēng great monk 诺矩罗 諾矩羅 nuò jǔ luó Nuojuluo, monk at start of Tang dynasty, possibly originally immigrant, lived in Qingshen county 青神[Qing1 shen2], Sichuan 跑了和尚，跑不了寺 pǎo le hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo sì the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later 跑了和尚，跑不了庙 跑了和尚，跑不了廟 pǎo le hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later 跑得了和尚，跑不了庙 跑得了和尚，跑不了廟 pǎo dé liǎo hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later 锡杖 錫杖 xī zhàng monk's staff (Buddhism) 鉴真和尚 鑒真和尚 jiàn zhēn hé shang Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism 阇梨 闍梨 shé lí Buddhist monk (Sanskrit: jala) 陆征祥 陸徵祥 lù zhēng xiáng Lu Zhengxiang (1871-1949), Chinese diplomat and Catholic monk 隐修士 隱修士 yǐn xiū shì monk (Christian) 鸠摩罗什 鳩摩羅什 jiū mó luó shí Kumarajiva c. 334-413, Buddhist monk and translator of Zen texts 苏曼殊 蘇曼殊 sū màn shū Su Manshu (1884-1918), Chinese writer, journalist, Buddhist monk, participant in the revolutionary movement 拜忏 拜懺 bài chàn to hold a daytime Buddhist mass / (of a monk or nun) to read scripture to atone for sb's sins 檀越 tán yuè (Buddhism) benefactor (designation of a lay person by a monk) 僧海豹 sēng hǎi bào monk seal 保护地中海僧海豹行动计划 Action Plan for the Management of the Mediterranean monk seal 募缘 募緣 mù yuán (of a monk) to beg for food 丈二和尚，摸不着头脑 丈二和尚，摸不著頭腦 zhàng ér hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo lit. like a three-meter high monk , you can't rub his head (idiom) / fig. at a total loss 贼秃 賊禿 zéi tū (derog.) Buddhist monk 