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掃地僧

简扫地僧 · 繁掃地僧

Mandarin · pinyin Sǎo dì Sēng

Sweeper Monk, nameless monk who maintains the library of Shaolin (from Jin Yong's novel "Demigods and Semidevils" 天龍八部 Tiān lóng Bā Bù)
(fig.) person whose remarkable talents are not well known

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掃: sǎo · sweep, clear away; exterminate
地: de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
僧: sēng · Buddhist priest, monk; san of Sanskrit sangha
扫: sǎo · sweep, clear away; exterminate

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3–4–1 · Sao3 di4 Seng1

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