塔尔寺
Tǎ ěr sì
Pinyin

Definition

塔尔寺
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Tǎ ěr sì
  1. Kumbum (Chinese Ta'er), monastery in Qinhai, formerly Amdo province of Tibet

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

塔
tǎ
  1. 1 pagoda
  2. 2 tower
  3. 3 minaret
  4. 4 stupa (abbr. loanword from Sanskrit tapo)
  5. 5 CL:座[zuò]
寺
sì
  1. 1 Buddhist temple
  2. 2 mosque
  3. 3 government office (old)
寺庙
sì miào
  1. 1 temple
  2. 2 monastery
  3. 3 shrine
少林寺
Shào lín Sì
  1. 1 Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
金字塔
jīn zì tǎ
  1. 1 pyramid (building or structure)
铁塔
tiě tǎ
  1. 1 iron tower
佛塔
fó tǎ
  1. 1 pagoda
佛寺
Fó sì
  1. 1 Buddhist temple
卡塔尔
Kǎ tǎ ěr
  1. 1 Qatar
塔利班
Tǎ lì bān
  1. 1 Taliban (Farsi: student), Afghan guerrilla faction
塔吊
tǎ diào
  1. 1 tower crane
塔城
Tǎ chéng
  1. 1 Tarbaghatay or Tacheng city in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[Tǎ chéng dì qū], Xinjiang
塔尖
tǎ jiān
  1. 1 spire
  2. 2 peak of a pagoda
塔楼
tǎ lóu
  1. 1 tower (of building)
塔罗
tǎ luó
  1. 1 tarot (loanword)
大昭寺
Dà zhāo sì
  1. 1 Jokhang, main Buddhist temple in Lhasa, a sacred place of Tibetan Buddhism
大雁塔
Dà yàn tǎ
  1. 1 Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an
宝塔
bǎo tǎ
  1. 1 pagoda
寺院
sì yuàn
  1. 1 cloister
  2. 2 temple
  3. 3 monastery
  4. 4 CL:座[zuò]
斜塔
xié tǎ
  1. 1 leaning tower

Idioms (2)

聚沙成塔
jù shā chéng tǎ
  1. 1 sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom); by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity
  2. 2 many a mickle makes a muckle
跑了和尚，跑不了寺
pǎo le hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo sì
  1. 1 the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)
  2. 2 you can run this time, but you'll have to come back
  3. 3 I'll get you sooner or later

Sample Sentences