zuò yī tiān hé shang , zhuàng yī tiān zhōng
as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom); to do one's job mechanically
to hold a position passively
Jiàn zhēn hé shang
Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism
hé shang dǎ sǎn
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]
pǎo dé liǎo hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào
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
pǎo le hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào
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
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
pǎo le hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào
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
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
duì zhe hé shang mà zéi tū
lit. to curse a baldhead to a monk's face (idiom)
fig. to scold sb indirectly
to criticize obliquely
hé shang dǎ sǎn , wú fǎ wú tiān
lit. like a monk holding an umbrella — no hair, no sky (idiom) (punning on 髮|发[fa4] vs 法[fa3])
fig. defying the law and the principles of heaven
lawless
zuò yī tiān hé shang , zhuàng yī tiān zhōng
as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom); to do one's job mechanically
to hold a position passively
zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo
lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)
fig. at a total loss
pǎo dé liǎo hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào
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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