跑了和尚，跑不了寺

pǎo le hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo sì

释义

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

跑了和尚，跑不了寺 的构成词

• 不 bù: no; not so
• 了 le: (completed action marker)
• 和 hé: (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [hàn])
• 和 hè: to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
• 和 hú: to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
• 和 huó: to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
• 和 huò: to mix (ingredients) together
• 和尚 hé shang: Buddhist monk
• 寺 sì: Buddhist temple
• 尚 shàng: still
• 了 liǎo: (of eyes) bright
• 跑 páo: (of an animal) to paw (the ground)
• 跑 pǎo: to run
• 不了 bù le: no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)