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跑得了和尚，跑不了庙
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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 跑得了和尚，跑不了庙
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
no; not so
all right!
Buddhist monk
no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)
to run
(of eyes) bright
to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
(emphatically, in rhetorical questions) possible
(of an animal) to paw (the ground)
(completed action marker)
to mix (ingredients) together
to have to
temple
to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [hàn])
still
to obtain