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跑了和尚跑不了庙

pǎo le hé shàng pǎo bù liǎo miào

8-character word Traditional 跑了和尚跑不了廟

What 跑了和尚跑不了庙 means

1. the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)
2. you can run this time, but you'll have to come back
3. I'll get you sooner or later
4. also written 跑得了和尚，跑得了和尚，{跑不了庙|pǎo dé liǎo hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào}

The characters in 跑了和尚跑不了庙

• 跑pǎoto run; to run away; to escape
• 了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)…
• 和hé(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn); (math) sum; to make peace
• 尚shàngstill; yet; to value
• 跑pǎoto run; to run away; to escape
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)…
• 庙miàotemple; ancestral shrine; temple fair