莫高窟

Mògāokū

proper noun

Meanings

1 Mogao Caves (Buddhist cave temples at Dunhuang, Gansu)

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Examples

莫高窟位于甘肃敦煌，是丝绸之路上重要的佛教艺术宝库。

Mògāokū wèiyú Gānsù Dūn huáng, shì Sīchóuzhīlù shàng zhòngyào de Fójiào yìshù bǎokù.

The Mogao Caves, in Dunhuang, Gansu, are an important Buddhist art treasury on the Silk Road.

敦煌莫高窟里有很多精美的壁画。

Dūn huáng Mògāokū lǐ yǒu hěnduō jīngměi de bìhuà.

The Mogao Caves at Dunhuang contain many exquisite murals.

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culture

A network of 492 Buddhist grottoes carved between the 4th and 14th centuries near Dunhuang on the Silk Road. The 'Library Cave' (藏经洞) sealed around 1000 CE was rediscovered in 1900 and yielded tens of thousands of manuscripts — many removed by Aurel Stein and Paul Pelliot, founding the field of Dunhuang studies 敦煌学.

Stroke Order

莫 mò

高 gāo

窟 kū