跑了和尚跑不了廟 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 跑了和尚跑不了庙 pǎolehéshàngpǎobùliǎomiào ㄆㄠˇ ˙ㄌㄜ ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄆㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄠˋ the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) you can run this time, but you'll have to come back I'll get you sooner or later Character by character 跑(pǎo)run 了(le)marks a completed action 和(hé)and 尚(shàng)surname Shang 跑(pǎo)run 不(bù)no 了(liǎo)finish 廟(miào)temple A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0