扫地僧

Traditional: 掃地僧

Sǎo dì Sēng

Dictionary entry

Sweeper Monk, nameless monk who maintains the library of Shaolin (from Jin Yong's novel "Demigods and Semidevils" 天龍八部|天龙八部[Tian1 long2 Ba1 Bu4])

What does 扫地僧 mean?

扫地僧 (Sǎo dì Sēng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1Sweeper Monk, nameless monk who maintains the library of Shaolin (from Jin Yong's novel "Demigods and Semidevils" 天龍八部|天龙八部[Tian1 long2 Ba1 Bu4])

2(fig.) person whose remarkable talents are not well known

Character breakdown

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扫sǎoto sweep (with a brush or broom) · to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of 地de-ly · structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct 僧sēng(bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽[seng1 qie2])

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