唐三藏

Táng Sānzàng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Tang Sanzang, the monk Tripitaka of Journey to the West

唐僧 Tángsēng Tang Sanzang · fictional character

Characters

the Tang dynasty

collection of Buddhist scriptures

Examples

HSK 7-9

唐三藏带着三个徒弟去西天取经。

Táng Sānzàng dài zhe sān ge túdi qù Xītiān qǔjīng.

Tang Sanzang takes his three disciples to the Western Paradise to fetch the scriptures.

HSK 7-9

《西游记》里的唐三藏是以玄奘为原型的。

《 Xīyóujì 》 lǐ de Táng Sānzàng shì yǐ Xuánzàng wéi yuánxíng de.

Tang Sanzang in Journey to the West is modelled on the monk Xuanzang.

Tips

usage

三藏 "the Three Baskets" (the sutras, the monastic rules and the treatises) is the Buddhist canon, and a monk who had mastered all three was called 三藏法师. 藏 is read zàng here, as in 西藏, not cáng "to hide".

culture

In everyday speech he is 唐僧, and 唐僧肉 "the Tang monk's flesh", which the novel's demons believe gives eternal life, now means any prize that everyone is after.

Stroke Order

唐 Táng

三 sān

藏 cáng