Entry
远yuǎn来lái的de和hé尚shang会huì念niàn经jīng

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

    trad. 遠來的和尚會念經

Also written 遠來的和尚會念經【yuǎn lái de hé shang huì niàn jīng】

Characters in this word

8
来
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to come, (used as a substitute for a more specific verb), hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]), ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]), for the past (amount of time), (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]), (between two verbs) in order to, (after a round number) approximately, (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])

Pinyin
lái
Traditional
來
Strokes
7
Frequency
33 of 2500
Words starting with 来Words ending in 来Anywhere in a word
的
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of; ~'s (possessive particle), (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun), (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis), (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"), also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs

Pinyin
de
Strokes
8
Frequency
1 of 2500
Words starting with 的Words ending in 的Anywhere in a word
会
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can; to have the skill; to know how to, to be likely to; to be sure to, to meet; to get together, meeting; gathering, (suffix) union; group; association, (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])

Pinyin
huì
Traditional
會
Strokes
6
Frequency
31 of 2500
Words starting with 会Words ending in 会Anywhere in a word