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跑了和尚跑不了庙

pǎo le hé shàng pǎo bù liǎo miào

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Definitions

  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
  4. 4. also written 跑得了和尚，跑不了廟|跑得了和尚，跑不了庙[pǎo dé liǎo hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào]

Child Words of 跑了和尚跑不了庙

庙
miào

temple

不
bù

no; not so

和尚
hé shang

Buddhist monk

不了
bù le

no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)

和
huó

to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water

和
hé

(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [hàn])

跑
pǎo

to run

尚
shàng

still

了
liǎo

(of eyes) bright

和
hú

to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards

跑
páo

(of an animal) to paw (the ground)

了
le

(completed action marker)

和
huò

to mix (ingredients) together

和
hè

to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence