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
trad. 跑得了和尚，跑不了廟
Also written 跑得了和尚，跑不了廟【pǎo dé liǎo hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào】
Characters in this word
7跑
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(of an animal) to paw (the ground)
- Pinyin
- páo
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 319 of 2500
得
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to obtain, to get, to gain, to catch (a disease), proper, suitable, proud, contented, to allow, to permit, ready, finished
- Pinyin
- dé
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 62 of 2500
了
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(completed action marker), (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now), (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
- Pinyin
- le
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 4 of 2500
和
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old variant of 和[he2]
- Pinyin
- hé
- Traditional
- 咊
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 27 of 2500
尚
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surname Shang
- Pinyin
- Shàng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 11512 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
庙
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temple, ancestral shrine, CL:座[zuo4], temple fair, great imperial hall, imperial
- Pinyin
- miào
- Traditional
- 廟
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 20258 of 2500