還俗
huán​sú

to resume secular life

  • created sense approved 还俗/還俗 · huán​sú · to resume secular life — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    还俗 / 還俗

    huán​sú

    to resume secular life

    To return to normal life by leaving a monastic order; used for Buddhist or Taoist monks and nuns who give up their religious status.

    还, 俗

    还 (literal) → 还/還 · huán · to go back 俗 (literal) → 俗 · sú · secular

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

    created sense