qǔ jīng

Traditional: 取經

HSK 7–9

取经 (qǔ jīng) is a Chinese word meaning “to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures; to learn by studying another's experience”.

Meanings

  1. 1to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures
  2. 2to learn by studying another's experience

Characters in 取经

取qǔ · to take经jīng · classics

Related words

已经already曾经once经历to experience; to go through经常frequently; constantly; regularly; often取to take经过to pass取消to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind经理manager经验experience神经nerve经classics经surname Jing

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