遠來的和尚會念經 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 远来的和尚会念经 yuǎnláidehéshanghuìniànjīng ㄩㄢˇ ㄌㄞˊ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄕㄤ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥ the monk coming from afar is good at reading scriptures (idiom) foreign talent is valued higher than local talent Character by character 遠(yuǎn)far 來(lái)come 的(de)marks possession and modification 和(hé)and 尚(shang)surname Shang 會(huì)be likely to 念(niàn)read 經(jīng)surname Jing A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0