跑了和尚，跑不了寺
跑了和尚，跑不了寺
pǎo le hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo sì
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
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- (idiom) 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
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Related Words
唐招提寺(Táng zhāo tí sì)· Toushoudaiji, the temple in Nara, Japan founded by Tang dynastic Buddhist monk Jianzhen or Ganjin 鑒真和尚|鉴真和尚 and his last resting place
→挂褡(guà dā)· (of a monk) to take residence at a temple
→跑了和尚，跑不了庙(pǎo le hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào)· the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)
→跑得了和尚，跑不了庙(pǎo dé liǎo hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào)· the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)
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