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Meaning of 还俗

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还 huán 俗 sú (Trad.: 還俗)
to return to normal life (leaving a monastic order)
Related Words
Antonyms: 出家 落发 在俗
Example Sentences
1
他去年还俗后就开始蓄发了
。
He started growing hair after resuming his secular life last year.
2
这位年轻的僧人被准许还俗
。
The young monk was released from his vows.
3
其属员称通道观学士
,
来自儒士和还俗的僧人
、
道士
。
Its staff members who used to be Confucians, Buddhist monks and Taoists were called bachelors of Tong Dao Guan.
4
有唐一代
,
文人因科举而逃禅与僧人因科举而还俗屡见不鲜
。
In Tang Dynasty, it was not unusual that due to Keju (the imperial examination conducted from Sui to Qing Dynasty in China) scholars became Buddhist monks and Buddhist monks resumed secular life.
5
他不堪忍受医院的疾病
,
逃走后很快又被送回寺庙
,
被迫还俗
。
Unable to stand ill-treatment there, he fled but was soon brought back to the monastery that forced him to resume secular life.