远来的和尚会念经

yuǎn lái de hé shang huì niàn jīng

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Definitions

1. the monk coming from afar is good at reading scriptures (idiom)
2. foreign talent is valued higher than local talent

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Child Words of 远来的和尚会念经

• 来 来 lái: to come
• 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
• 念 念 niàn: to read
• 会 会 kuài: to balance an account
• 的 的 de: of; ~'s (possessive particle)
• 的 的 dī: see 的士[dī shì]
• 的 的 dí: really and truly
• 的 的 dì: (bound form) bull's-eye; target
• 经 经 jīng: classics
• 远 远 yuǎn: far
• 远 远 yuàn: to distance oneself from (classical)
• 会 会 huì: can
• 念经 念经 niàn jīng: to recite or chant Buddhist scripture