入院 (rù yuàn) — to be hospitalized; (Buddhism) to enter a monastery; to become a monk
Definition
Literally 'enter the institution (院)'. The common sense is 'be admitted to hospital'; the Buddhist sense of 'enter a monastery' is rare and specialized.
verb
to be hospitalized(Buddhism) to enter a monasteryto become a monk
Examples
- 入院。Tā yīn wèi zhòng bìng rù yuàn le.He was hospitalized due to a serious illness.
- ，。Tā rù guò yí cì yuàn, zhù le liǎng gè xīng qī.He has been hospitalized once and stayed for two weeks.
- 入院，。Tā nián qīng shí rù yuàn xiū xíng, hòu lái chéng wéi le yì míng sēng rén.When he was young, he entered a monastery to practice and later became a monk.
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