远来的和尚会念经

Traditional form:

遠來的和尚會念經

Pinyin (reading):

yuǎnláidehéshanghuìniànjīng

Definitions:

• the monk coming from afar is good at reading scriptures (idiom)
• foreign talent is valued higher than local talent

Characters:

• 远 - distant, remote, far; profound
• 来 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
• 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
• 和 - harmony, peace; calm, peaceful
• 尚 - still, yet; even; fairly, rather
• 会 - to assemble, to meet; meeting; association, group
• 念 - to think of, to recall; to study
• 经 - the classics; to experience, to undergo

Traditional characters:

• 遠 - distant, remote, far; profound
• 來 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
• 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
• 和 - harmony, peace; calm, peaceful
• 尚 - still, yet; even; fairly, rather
• 會 - to assemble, to meet; meeting; association, group
• 念 - to think of, to recall; to study
• 經 - the classics; to experience, to undergo