功德箱

gōngdéxiāng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 merit box (donation box at a Buddhist temple)
  2. 2 offering box

Examples

Yóukè zài gōngdéxiāng lǐ tóule yī zhāng bǎi yuán.
The visitor dropped a hundred-yuan note into the merit box.
Sìmiào de gōngdéxiāng yībān fàng zài dàdiàn ménkǒu.
A temple's merit box is usually placed at the entrance of the main hall.

Tips

culture
(merit) is the spiritual reward earned by good deeds in Buddhist thought; depositing money in the box is framed as (accumulating merit) rather than payment.

Stroke Order

gōng
xiāng