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扫地僧

sǎo dì sēng

Definitions

  • 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[tiān lóng bā bù])
  • (fig.) person whose remarkable talents are not well known