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The character 僧 is a phono-semantic compound, with the semantic radical 亻 (person) on the left and the phonetic component 曾 on the right. It was created to transliterate the Sanskrit word "Sangha", meaning the Buddhist monastic community. Over time, its sense narrowed to refer to an individual Buddhist monk. The phonetic element 曾 (meaning "once" or "already") was chosen to mimic the Sanskrit sound and carries no semantic connection to the character's religious meaning.
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那位僧人在念佛。
僧侣们每天打坐。
这位年轻僧人来自西藏。
寺庙里的僧人经常帮助穷人。
那位高僧讲解佛经很透彻。
僧人们在山中闭关修炼。
据说这位僧人有神奇的医术。
为了寻求真理，他决定出家为僧。