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衣钵
衣缽
yībō
1. the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhism)
2. legacy
3. mantle

Character Breakdown

衣
yī
cloth; clothes, apparel; dress, coat
HSK 1 6 丶
钵
bō
earthen basin; alms bowl
10 丶

Compound Words (1)

继承衣钵
jìchéngyībō
to take up sb's mantle

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Chinese