朝圣
cháo shèng
Pinyin

Definition

朝圣
 - 
cháo shèng
  1. to make a pilgrimage

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今朝
jīn zhāo
  1. 1 at the present
  2. 2 now
天朝
Tiān cháo
  1. 1 Celestial Empire, tributary title conferred on imperial China
  2. 2 Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
朝
Cháo
  1. 1 abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Cháo xiǎn] Korea
朝阳
Cháo yáng
  1. 1 Chaoyang district in east and northeast Beijing, a county level district of Beijing municipality
  2. 2 Chaoyang prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
  3. 3 Chaoyang district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin
  4. 4 Chaoyang county in Chaoyang 朝陽|朝阳[Cháo yáng], Liaoning
朝鲜
Cháo xiǎn
  1. 1 North Korea
  2. 2 Korea as geographic term
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [Cháo xiān]
元朝
Yuán cháo
  1. 1 Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
南朝
Nán Cháo
  1. 1 Southern Dynasties (420-589)
唐朝
Táng cháo
  1. 1 Tang dynasty (618-907)
宋朝
Sòng cháo
  1. 1 Song Dynasty (960-1279)
  2. 2 also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)
明朝
Míng cháo
  1. 1 Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
有朝一日
yǒu zhāo yī rì
  1. 1 one day
  2. 2 sometime in the future
朝代
cháo dài
  1. 1 dynasty
  2. 2 reign (of a king)
朝前
cháo qián
  1. 1 facing forwards
朝向
cháo xiàng
  1. 1 toward
  2. 2 to face
  3. 3 to open onto
  4. 4 to turn towards
  5. 5 orientation
  6. 6 exposure
  7. 7 Qibla (Islam)
朝夕
zhāo xī
  1. 1 morning and night
  2. 2 all the time
朝天
Cháo tiān
  1. 1 Chaotian district of Guangyuan city 廣元市|广元市[Guǎng yuán shì], Sichuan
朝廷
cháo tíng
  1. 1 court
  2. 2 imperial household
  3. 3 dynasty
朝思暮想
zhāo sī mù xiǎng
  1. 1 to yearn for sth day and night (idiom)
朝拜
cháo bài
  1. 1 to worship
  2. 2 to make customary deferences to
  3. 3 a pilgrimage
朝日
Zhāo rì
  1. 1 Asahi (Japanese place name, company name etc)

Idioms (20)

一朝一夕
yī zhāo yī xī
  1. 1 lit. one morning and one evening (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. in a short period of time
  3. 3 overnight
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
人生如朝露
rén shēng rú zhāo lù
  1. 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
人生朝露
rén shēng zhāo lù
  1. 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
今朝有酒今朝醉
jīn zhāo yǒu jiǔ jīn zhāo zuì
  1. 1 to live in the moment (idiom)
  2. 2 to live every day as if it were one's last
  3. 3 to enjoy while one can
危如朝露
wēi rú zhāo lù
  1. 1 precarious as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
危若朝露
wēi ruò zhāo lù
  1. 1 precarious as morning dew (idiom); unlikely to last out the day
只争朝夕
zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī
  1. 1 to seize every minute (idiom)
  2. 2 to make the best use of one's time
四脚朝天
sì jiǎo cháo tiān
  1. 1 four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back
朝三暮四
zhāo sān mù sì
  1. 1 lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon
  2. 2 indecisive
  3. 3 to blow hot and cold
朝不保夕
zhāo bù bǎo xī
  1. 1 at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state
  2. 2 imminent crisis
  3. 3 living from hand to mouth
朝不虑夕
zhāo bù lu:4 xī
  1. 1 at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state
  2. 2 imminent crisis
  3. 3 living from hand to mouth
朝乾夕惕
zhāo qián xī tì
  1. 1 cautious and diligent all day long (idiom)
朝令夕改
zhāo lìng xī gǎi
  1. 1 to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom)
朝山进香
cháo shān jìn xiāng
  1. 1 to go on a pilgrimage and offer incense (idiom)
朝思暮想
zhāo sī mù xiǎng
  1. 1 to yearn for sth day and night (idiom)
朝气蓬勃
zhāo qì péng bó
  1. 1 full of youthful energy (idiom); vigorous
  2. 2 energetic
  3. 3 a bright spark
朝秦暮楚
zhāo Qín mù Chǔ
  1. 1 serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides
朝闻夕改
zhāo wén xī gǎi
  1. 1 lit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening
  2. 2 to correct an error very quickly (idiom)
朝过夕改
zhāo guò xī gǎi
  1. 1 to correct in the evening a fault of the morning (idiom)
  2. 2 to quickly amend one's ways

Sample Sentences

郑和家族世代信奉伊斯兰教，去圣地朝圣一直是他的心愿。
Zhèng Hé jiāzú shìdài xìnfèng Yīsīlánjiào ，qù shèngdì cháoshèng yīzhí shì tā de xīnyuàn 。
Zheng He's family believed in Islam. Going to the holy land on a pilgrimage was one of his dreams.
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是啊，青海和内蒙都有挺多藏传佛教的信徒，还有很多西藏的信徒住在很偏远的地方，他们即使花几年也在所不惜，因为朝圣既是他们的精神寄托，也是他们一生的荣耀。
shì ā ，Qīnghǎi hé Nèiméng dōu yǒu tǐng duō zàngchuán fójiào de xìntú ，hái yǒu hěn duō Xīzàng de xìntú zhùzài hěn piānyuǎn de dìfang ，tāmen jíshǐ huā jǐnián yě zàisuǒbùxī ，yīnwèi cháoshèng jì shì tāmen de jīngshén jìtuō ，yě shì tāmen yīshēng de róngyào 。
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嗯，藏传佛教的信徒好像特别虔诚。你看他们朝圣的时候，一步一叩，五体投地的膜拜姿势，就知道他们有多虔诚了。而且在朝圣之路上，他们始终保持这样的姿势，翻山越岭，直到到达布达拉宫。听说有人朝圣一次要花上几年的时间。
ng4 ，zàngchuán fójiào de xìntú hǎoxiàng tèbié qiánchéng 。nǐ kàn tāmen cháoshèng de shíhou ，yībù yī kòu ，wǔtǐtóudì de móbài zīshì ，jiù zhīdào tāmen yǒu duō qiánchéng le 。érqiě zài cháoshèng zhī lù shang ，tāmen shǐzhōng bǎochí zhèyàng de zīshì ，fānshānyuèlǐng ，zhídào dàodá bùdálā gōng 。tīngshuō yǒurén cháoshèng yīcì yào huāshàng jǐnián de shíjiān 。
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