修行人

Mandarin · pinyin xiū xíng rén

Meanings

  1. person pursuing religious practice (Buddhism)
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修
xiū · study; repair; cultivate
行
xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
人
rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
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1–2–2 · xiu1 xing2 ren2

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sau1 hang6 jan4

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