跑得了和尚跑不了庙
pǎo​de​liǎo​hé​shang​pǎo​bù​liǎo​miào

you can run but you can't hide

  • created sense approved 跑得了和尚跑不了庙/跑得了和尚跑不了廟 · pǎo​de​liǎo​hé​shang​pǎo​bù​liǎo​miào · you can run but you can't hide — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    跑得了和尚跑不了庙 / 跑得了和尚跑不了廟

    pǎo​de​liǎo​hé​shang​pǎo​bù​liǎo​miào

    you can run but you can't hide

    the monk can run away but the temple cannot; literal sense meaning that even if an individual flees, they can still be tracked down through their affiliations or home base

    跑 (literal) → 跑 · pǎo · to escape 得了 (literal) → 得了 · dé​liǎo · terrible 和尚 (literal) → 和尚 · hé​shang · Buddhist monk 跑不了 (literal) → 跑不了 · pǎo​bu​liǎo · cannot run away 庙 (literal) → 庙/廟 · miào · temple

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

    created sense