无事不登三宝殿 (無事不登三寶殿) wú shì bù dēng sān Bǎo diàn
wú shì bù dēng sān Bǎo diàn
phrase
One doesn't visit a temple without a cause.; to visit somebody with an ulterior motive (especially to ask for sth)
Domain: Proverb 谚语
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Notes: (CC-CEDICT '無事不登三寶殿')
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- Volume 7: Buddhist General Knowledge - Class 16: Quotes from the Buddha's Teachings 第七冊 佛教常識 第十六課 佛語典故 Fo Guang Buddhist Textbooks 《佛光教科書》 — count: 1
- Standards for Language in Buddhist Monasteries 佛教叢林語言規範 Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 1
- Buddhism and Chinese Lexicology 佛教與中國詞彙學 Buddhism Series 8 - Use of the Teachings 《佛教叢書8－教用》 — count: 1