跑得了和尚，跑不了庙

pǎo dé liǎo hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào

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

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Child Words of 跑得了和尚，跑不了庙

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 了 了 le: (completed action marker)
• 和 和 hé: (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [hàn])
• 和 和 hè: to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
• 和 和 hú: to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
• 和 和 huó: to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
• 和 和 huò: to mix (ingredients) together
• 和尚 和尚 hé shang: Buddhist monk
• 尚 尚 shàng: still
• 庙 庙 miào: temple
• 得 得 dé: to obtain
• 得 得 de: structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
• 得 得 děi: to have to
• 得了 得了 dé le: all right!
• 得了 得了 dé liǎo: (emphatically, in rhetorical questions) possible
• 了 了 liǎo: (of eyes) bright
• 跑 跑 páo: (of an animal) to paw (the ground)
• 跑 跑 pǎo: to run
• 不了 不了 bù le: no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)