扫地僧 in English Sao3 di4 Seng1 Meaning

Meanings

  • Sweeper Monk, nameless monk who maintains the library of Shaolin (from Jin Yong's novel "Demigods and Semidevils" 天龍八部|天龙八部[Tian1 long2 Ba1 Bu4])
  • (metaphorically) person whose remarkable talents are not well known

Simplified Characters

扫 地 僧

Traditional Characters

掃 地 僧

Pinyin

Sao3 di4 Seng1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

扫sao3to sweep 地di4-ly 僧seng1monk