住持 (zhù chí) — abbot (of a Buddhist monastery or Daoist temple)

Definição

Exemplos

• 这位住持在寺庙里住了二十年。
  Zhè wèi zhù chí zài sì miào lǐ zhù le èr shí nián.
  This abbot has lived in the temple for twenty years.
• 新来的住持给信众讲了经。
  Xīn lái de zhù chí gěi xìn zhòng jiǎng le jīng.
  The new abbot preached sutras to the followers.
• 他出家三十年，最后当了住持。
  Tā chū jiā sān shí nián, zuì hòu dāng le zhù chí.
  He became a monk for thirty years and finally became abbot.