掃地僧

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Sweeper Monk, nameless monk who maintains the library of Shaolin (from Jin Yong's novel "Demigods and Semidevils" 天龍八部|天龙八部[Tian1 long2 Ba1 Bu4]{tin1 lung4 baat3 bou6}) · (fig.) person whose remarkable talents are not well known

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. Sweeper Monk, nameless monk who maintains the library of Shaolin (from Jin Yong's novel "Demigods and Semidevils" 天龍八部|天龙八部[Tian1 long2 Ba1 Bu4]{tin1 lung4 baat3 bou6})
  2. (fig.) person whose remarkable talents are not well known

Written Forms

掃地僧Traditional · Main Form
扫地僧Alternate Form

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