蕭寺
xiāo​sì

Buddhist temple

  • created sense approved 萧寺/蕭寺 · xiāo​sì · Buddhist temple — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    萧寺 / 蕭寺

    xiāo​sì

    Buddhist temple

    (literary) A Buddhist monastery or temple. The term originates from the Liang Dynasty when Emperor Xiao Yan built many temples and commissioned the calligrapher Xiao Ziyun to write inscriptions for them, leading to the name.

    萧 (literal) → 萧/蕭 · xiāo · Xiao 寺 (bound) → 寺 · sì · temple

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