zī​sù

monks and laymen

  • created sense approved 缁素/緇素 · zī​sù · monks and laymen — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    缁素 / 緇素

    zī​sù

    monks and laymen

    (literary) Buddhist monks and laypeople; literally black and white, referring to the black robes worn by monks and the white clothing of the laity

    缁 (literal) → 缁/緇 · zī · Buddhist monk 素 (literal) → 素 · sù · white

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense