sì dà shí kū

四大石窟 (sì dà shí kū) is a Chinese word meaning “the four great caves, namely: Longmen Grottoes 龍門石窟|龙门石窟[Long2 men2 Shi2 ku1] at Luoyang, Henan, Yungang Caves 雲岡石窟|云冈石窟[Yun2 gang1 Shi2 ku1] at Datong, Shanxi, Mogao Caves 莫高窟[Mo4 gao1 ku1] at Dunhuang, Gansu, and Mt Maiji Caves 麥積山石窟|麦积山石窟[Mai4 ji1 Shan1 Shi2 ku1] at Tianshui, Gansu”.

Meanings

  1. 1the four great caves, namely: Longmen Grottoes 龍門石窟|龙门石窟[Long2 men2 Shi2 ku1] at Luoyang, Henan, Yungang Caves 雲岡石窟|云冈石窟[Yun2 gang1 Shi2 ku1] at Datong, Shanxi, Mogao Caves 莫高窟[Mo4 gao1 ku1] at Dunhuang, Gansu, and Mt Maiji Caves 麥積山石窟|麦积山石窟[Mai4 ji1 Shan1 Shi2 ku1] at Tianshui, Gansu

Characters in 四大石窟

四sì · four大dà · big; large; great石dàn · dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters窟kū · cave

Related words

大big; large; great大see 大夫[dai4 fu5]大家everyone四four大概roughly大学university大学the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism大人adult伟大huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)意大利Italy长大to grow up大街street

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