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聖僧

简圣僧 · 繁聖僧

Mandarin · pinyin shèng sēng

senior monk

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僧: sēng · Buddhist priest, monk; san of Sanskrit sangha
圣: shèng · holy, sacred

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4–1 · sheng4 seng1

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sing3 zang1

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