十八罗汉

十八羅漢
shíbā luóhàn
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the Eighteen Arhats of Chinese Buddhism
  2. 2 an eighteen-strong founding team, especially Alibaba's eighteen co-founders

Examples

HSK 6
Mǎ Yún hé tā de shíbā luóhàn zài Hángzhōu de yí tào gōngyù lǐ chuàngbàn le Ālǐbābā.
Jack Ma and his 'Eighteen Arhats' founded Alibaba in an apartment in Hangzhou.
HSK 7-9
Zhè zuò sìmiào de dàdiàn liǎngbiān shì shíbā luóhàn de sùxiàng.
Statues of the Eighteen Arhats line both sides of this temple's main hall.

Tips

culture
Indian Buddhism knew sixteen arhats (十六罗汉); Chinese tradition added two more, most often the Dragon Tamer and the Tiger Tamer (降龙 and 伏虎), to make eighteen. Big temples may have a whole hall of five hundred arhats instead.

Stroke Order

十 shí
八 bā
罗 luó
汉 hàn