fashion; fad; fashionable

Buddhist monk

noble; lofty; refined; exquisite

surname Shang

still; yet; to value; to esteem

to hold up (as an model); to hold in esteem; to revere; to advocate

(literary) to esteem; to uphold

(not) even; yet; still

see 尚義縣|尚义县[Shang4 yi4 Xian4]

same as 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1] Book of History

high official; government minister

not bad; satisfactory

still remains; still exists; still has

see 尚志市[Shang4 zhi4 Shi4]

not yet; not so far

to promote a martial spirit; to revere military skills; warlike

I beg you to partake of this sacrifice (used at the end of an elegiac address)

current custom; current way of doing things

Kong Shangren (1648-1718), Qing dramatist and poet, author of The Peach Blossom Fan 桃花扇[Tao2 hua1 Shan4]

Shangyi, a county in Zhangjiakou City 張家口市|张家口市[Zhang1 jia1 kou3 Shi4], Hebei

Book of History; a compendium of documents in various styles, making up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the times of Confucius

ancient official title

Shangzhi, a county-level city in Harbin City 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市[Ha1 er3 bin1 Shi4], Heilongjiang

James Sasser (1936-), US Ambassador to China 1995-1999

imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers); in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill

Zambia (Tw)

Gyeongsang Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Gyeongsang Province 慶尚北道|庆尚北道[Qing4 shang4 bei3 dao4] and South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道|庆尚南道[Qing4 shang4 nan2 dao4]

fast fashion

Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan

Yang Shangkun (1907-1998), former president of PRC and military leader

Sha Wujing

see 和尚打傘，無法無天|和尚打伞，无法无天[he2 shang5 da3 san3 , wu2 fa3 wu2 tian1]

Tanzania (Tw)

to have a taste for the exotic (idiom)

variant of 尚方劍|尚方剑[shang4 fang1 jian4]; imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers); in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill

unsolved; as yet unsettled

Budai (the Laughing Budda)

North Gyeongsang Province, in east South Korea, capital Daegu 大邱[Da4 qiu1]

South Gyeongsang Province, in southeast South Korea, capital Changwon 昌原[Chang1 yuan2]

Minister of Revenue (from the Han dynasty onwards)

lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom); fig. to return politeness for politeness

Director of Board of Rites (Confucian)

Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism

lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom); fig. everybody's business is nobody's business; (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)

see 三個和尚沒水喝|三个和尚没水喝[san1 ge4 he2 shang5 mei2 shui3 he1]

(lit.) in the presence of a monk, insult another monk, calling him a bald-headed bandit (saying); (fig.) to insult indirectly; to criticize obliquely

lit. to insult a bald man while pointing at a monk (idiom); fig. to insult indirectly; to criticize obliquely

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; also written 跑得了和尚，跑不了廟|跑得了和尚，跑不了庙[pao3 de2 liao3 he2 shang4 , pao3 bu4 liao3 miao4]

the monk coming from afar is good at reading scriptures (idiom); foreign talent is valued higher than local talent