跑了和尚，跑不了寺
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Definitions
- 1. the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)
- 2. you can run this time, but you'll have to come back
- 3. I'll get you sooner or later
Child Words of 跑了和尚，跑不了寺
no; not so
(completed action marker)
(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [hàn])
to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
to mix (ingredients) together
Buddhist monk
Buddhist temple
still
(of eyes) bright
(of an animal) to paw (the ground)
to run
no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)