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和尚

hé shang

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

和尚 (hé shang) means "Buddhist monk". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 和尚 means

1. Buddhist monk

The characters in 和尚

• 和hé(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn); (math) sum; to make peace
• 尚shàngstill; yet; to value

Example sentences

• 调查人员的结论基于对取自东非大裂谷坦噶尼喀湖底部的一块距今 6 万年的沉积物岩芯的分析。坦噶尼喀湖位于东非大裂谷，与蒲隆地、刚果民主共和国、坦尚尼亚和尚比亚接壤，是世界第二深的淡水湖。
  Investigators base their conclusion on an analysis of a 60,000-year-old sediment core extracted from the bottom Lake Tanganyika in the East African Rift Valley, which borders Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia. The lake is the world's second deepest fresh water lake.

Words starting with 和尚

• 和尚打伞，无法无天hé shang dǎ sǎn , wú fǎ wú tiānlit. like a monk holding an umbrella — no hair, no sky (idiom)…
• 和尚打伞hé shang dǎ sǎnsee 和尚打傘，和尚打伞，无法无天

Words containing 和尚

• 沙和尚Shā hé shangSha Wujing
• 鉴真和尚Jiàn zhēn hé shangJianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several…
• 布袋和尚Bù dài Hé shangBudai (the Laughing Budda)
• 远来的和尚会念经yuǎn lái de hé shang huì niàn jīngthe monk coming from afar is good at reading scriptures (idiom)…
• 跑了和尚跑不了庙pǎo le hé shàng pǎo bù liǎo miàothe monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)…
• 对着和尚骂贼秃duì zhe hé shang mà zéi tū(lit.) in the presence of a monk, insult another monk, calling him a bald-headed bandit…
• 指着和尚骂秃子zhǐ zhe hé shang mà tū zilit. to insult a bald man while pointing at a monk (idiom); fig. to insult indirectly…
• 三个和尚没水喝sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hēlit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom); fig. everybody's business is nobody's…
• 丈二和尚，摸不着头脑zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎolit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom); fig. at a total loss
• 做一天和尚撞一天钟zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōnglit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom); fig. to do one's job mechanically…
• 跑了和尚，跑不了寺pǎo le hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo sìthe monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)…
• 跑得了和尚，跑不了庙pǎo dé liǎo hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miàothe monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)…
• 三个和尚没水吃sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ chīsee 三个和尚没水喝
• 当一天和尚撞一天钟dāng yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōngsee 做一天和尚撞一天钟

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