shèng miào

Traditional: 聖廟

圣庙 (shèng miào) is a Chinese word meaning “shrine to a sage (esp. Confucius)”.

Meanings

  1. 1shrine to a sage (esp. Confucius)

Characters in 圣庙

圣kū · (literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)庙miào · temple

Related words

圣(literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)圣(bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc)圣variant of 聖|圣[sheng4]圣诞Christmas圣诞节Christmas time圣诞老人Father Christmas; Santa Claus圣经the Confucian classics神圣divine圣地亚哥Santiago, capital of Chile圣母goddess圣母the Virgin Mary圣人sage

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