三藏

sānzàng
noun #97,983

Meanings

  1. 1 Tripitaka, the Buddhist canon
  2. 2 title for a monk learned in the whole canon

Examples

HSK 7-9
Fójiào de sānzàng bāokuò jīng, lǜ, lùn sān bùfen.
The Buddhist Tripitaka has three parts: the sutras, the monastic rules and the treatises.
HSK 7-9
Xuánzàng jīngtōng sānzàng, suǒyǐ rénmen chēng tā wéi " sānzàng fǎshī ".
Xuanzang had mastered the whole canon, so people called him the Tripitaka Master.

Tips

mistakes
藏 is read zàng here, a store of treasures as in 宝藏, not cáng 'to hide'. The title is how the monk of 西游记 got the name 唐三藏, 'the Tang Tripitaka Master'.

Stroke Order

三 sān
藏 cáng