a senior monk

(bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽[seng1 qie2])

monk

(Buddhism) sangha; the monastic community; monk

Buddhist monks and secular people

(Buddhist) monks and nuns

Buddhist monks

abbey; Buddhist monastery; vihara

Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645

senior monk

Sha Wujing

(humble) I (used by Buddhist monks)

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

capuchin monkey; genus Cebidae

see 二尖瓣[er4 jian1 ban4]

Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家

ascetic monk

Coraciiformes, class of birds including kingfishers and hornbills

Sinhalese (language)

lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom); fig. not enough to go around; demand exceeds supply

(zoology) Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis)

see 僧多粥少[seng1 duo1 zhou1 shao3]

(bird species of China) Indochinese roller (Coracias affinis)

(bird species of China) European roller (Coracias garrulus)

(bird species) Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis)

lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom); fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else