唐招提寺

Tángzhāotí Sì
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Toshodai-ji, Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan, founded by the Tang monk Jianzhen in 759

Examples

HSK 1
Tángzhāotí Sì zài Rìběn Nàiliáng.
Toshodai-ji is in Nara, Japan.
HSK 7-9
Jiànzhēn dōngdù Rìběn yǐhòu, zài Nàiliáng jiàn le Tángzhāotí Sì.
After Jianzhen crossed the sea to Japan, he built Toshodai-ji in Nara.

Tips

memory
招提 renders a Sanskrit word for a monastery open to monks from the four quarters, and 唐 marks it as the temple of the Tang monk. In Japanese the name is read Tōshōdai-ji.
culture
唐招提寺 still keeps a dry-lacquer seated statue of 鉴真, made around the time of his death in 763, and its Golden Hall is one of the few halls of the Nara period still standing.

Stroke Order

唐 Táng
招 zhāo
提 tí
寺 sì